I Got Rhythm
This note is filled in. It has a stem but no flag. It is usually worth one beat.
What is a quarter note?
This family of instruments can be plucked or bowed and includes the violin, viola, cello, and double bass.
What are strings?
This musical story by Sergei Prokofiev features a little boy, a grandfather, a bird, a duck, a cat, some hunters, and a wolf!
What is Peter and the Wolf?
FACE rhymes with these positions on the staff.
What is space?
"All Cows Eat Grass" is how we remember this notes.
What are the spaces?
These "twins" make two sounds in one beat. We count them as ti-ti or du-day.
What are eighth notes?
This family of the orchestra includes pitched and unpitched instruments. They are played by striking, scraping or shaking.
What is Percussion?
This ballet by Tchaikovsky is a Christmas favorite and it features a beloved toy that turns into a prince, battles the mouse king and takes a young girl to a dreamy candy kingdom.
What is the Nutcracker?
"Every Good Boy Does Fine" is a useful tool for remembering notes that are positioned here.
What are the lines?
"Good Burritos Don't Fall Apart" is the trick to remember these bass notes.
What are the lines?
This note is hollowed out. It has a stem and it's usually worth two beats.
What is a half note?
This family of instruments includes the flute, clarinet, oboe, and bassoon.
What is Woodwind?
Camille Saint-Saens composed this musical trip to the Zoo.
What is The Carnival of the Animals?
This note is on the third space.
What is C?
The note halfway between the bass clef and the treble clef. It is drawn with a single ledger line.
What is middle C?
This note is not filled in. It has no stem and it's typically worth 4 beats
What is a whole note?
Lips are buzzed in a cup-shaped mouthpiece to play such instruments as the trumpet, trombone, French Horn and tuba.
That is brass?
Camille Saint-Saens composed this spooky piece in which ghosts and skeletons dance on Halloween night.
What is Danse Macabre?
This note is on the third line?
What is B?
This note is on the bottom line of the bass clef.
What is G?
These "quadruplets" have four sounds on one beat. They are drawn with two beams connecting them and we can count them as tika-tika or tiri-tiri.
What are 16th notes?
Piano, Organ, Accordion, Melodica, Harpsichord, Celeste--not QWERTY on your computer.
What are keyboard instruments?
Vivaldi wrote this beautiful music to describe each time of the year.
What is the Four Seasons?
This note is on the second line.
What is G?
This note is on the third space.