Music Notation
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Music Vocabulary
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Instrument Families
100

The name of this note.


What is a whole note?

100

A short, repeated musical pattern.

What is ostinato?

100

This Italian term means to play very loud.

What is fortissimo?

100

The name of this note.


What is a half note?

100

A family of instruments played by striking, shaking or scraping.

What is Percussion Family?

200

The name of this rest.


What is a half rest?

200

This musical ensemble combines strings, woodwinds, brass and percussion.

What is the orchestra?

200

This Italian term means to play fast.

What is allegro?

200


What is a band?

200

The instrument family that produces sound by plucking or bowing a string.

What is the String Family?

300

This symbol means the end of the song.


What is a double bar line or final bar line?

300

This style of music was developed by African American slaves and has religious words and hidden meanings.

What are Spirituals?

300

This Italian term means to play very soft.

What is pp or pianissimo?

300

The unique sound of each instrument or voice.

What is timbre?

300

The instrument family that uses a wooden reed to produce sound (except for the flute).

What is the Woodwind Family?

400

The name of this symbol.


What is a whole rest?

400

How many beats does a dotted half note get?


What is 3?

400

To gradually get softer.

What is decrescendo?

400

ABACA

What is rondo?

400

The instrument family that produces sound by buzzing the lips into a mouthpiece.

What is the Brass Family?

500

The order or pattern of the sections in a piece of music.

Examples:   AABA        Verse and Refrain

What is form?

500

The area between two bar lines.

What is a measure?

500

Playing or singing the same part at the same time.

What is unison?

500

The person who leads or directs a musical group.

What is the Conductor?

500

An ensemble of musicians including brass, woodwinds and percussion.

What is the Band?