Reading Music
This note is written on the 2nd space of the treble clef staff.
What is A?
The largest instrument family, which creates sound by hitting, scraping, or shaking.
What is percussion?
This finger is also called finger 1.
What is the thumb?
This type of note gets one beat.
What are quarter notes?
Background music in a movie is called this.
What is underscoring?
This note is written on the third line of the treble clef staff.
What is B?
The french horn is an example from this family of instruments.
What is brass?
The piano reads music in both of these clefs.
What are treble and bass?
This tells how many beats are in each measure.
What is meter/time signature?
A recurring musical idea.
What is a motif?
This note is written on the fourth space of the treble clef staff.
What is E?
The piano is a member of both of these families.
What are string and percussion?
On the piano, this hand usually plays the melody.
What is the right hand?
Two of these can fit into one beat.
What are eighth notes?
The volume of the music.
What is dynamics?
This note is written in the space just below the treble clef staff.
What is D?
A lamellophone is an instrument that has these.
What are tongues?
These keys are used for sharp and flat notes.
What are the black keys?
When counting sixteenth notes, these syllables are used.
What are 1 e and a?
This composer wrote the music for Jaws, E.T., and Star Wars, as well as several other well-known movies.
Who is John Williams?
This note is written on the ledger line below the treble clef staff.
What is C?
A chordophone creates sound with these.
What are strings?
This note is located just to the left of the group of 2 black keys.
What is C?
These are used to indicate silence.
What are rests?
This element of music can be described as thin or thick, depending on how many different musical ideas are happening at once.
What is texture?