Instrument Families
Instruments in this family can be plucked, strummed, hit, or rubbed with a bow.
What is the strings family?
This means to play softly.
What is "piano?"
What is one beat?
The number of beats in one measure of 4/4.
What is 4 beats?
The term used in music that means "speed."
What is tempo?
Instruments in this family are typically made of gold or silver colored metal.
What is the brass family?
This means to play loudly.
What is "forte?"
The value of a half note.
What is 2 beats?
The number of beats in one measure of 3/4.
What is 3 beats?
Name two kinds of clefs.
What is the treble clef and bass clef?
Instruments in this family contain white and black buttons (traditionally made of ebony and ivory.)
What is the keyboards family?
The Italian meaning "medium loud."
What is "mezzo forte?"
The value of a dotted half note.
What is 3 beats?
The bottom number of a time signature when a quarter note gets the beat.
What is 4?
Define the term "decrescendo."
What is to gradually decrease in volume?
Instruments in this family may use a wooden mouthpiece known as a "reed."
What is the woodwinds family?
The Italian meaning "medium soft."
What is "mezzo piano?"
The number of quarter notes in a whole note.
What is 4 quarter notes?
The bottom number of a time signature when an eighth note gets the beat.
What is 8?
The number of lines on a staff.
What is 5 lines?
There are more instruments in this category than in any other instrument family.
What is the percussion family?
To gradually increase in volume.
What is "crescendo?"
The number of eighth notes in one half note.
What is 4 eighth notes?
Define and explain what both numbers mean in 2/4 time.
This line connects two or more of the same note to make the note last longer than its original value.
What is a tie?