Reading Music
This note is written on the 2nd space of the treble clef staff.
What is A?
Recording different microphones to different tracks at the same time.
What is multitracking?
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?
This type of program allows recording engineers to record and mix sounds on the computer.
What is Digital Audio Workstation (DAW)?
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?
This device recorded sound by cutting grooves into a wax disc or cylinder.
What is phonograph?
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?
All sound is created by this.
What is vibration?
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?
Multi-tracking was possible due to the invention of this way to record sound, rather than using wax discs.
What is magnetic tape?
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?
The speed of the music.
What is tempo?