Beats/Counting
A quarter note gets this many beats
What is 1?
This note gets 1 beat
What is a quarter note?
This is the pulse or basic unit of time of the music
What is beat?
The violin belongs to this instrument family
What is the string family?
This physical quality indicates whether an instrument sounds higher or lower
What is size
A half rest gets this many beats
What is 2?
This note gets 4 beats
This is a pattern of sound and silence
What is rhythm?
What is the woodwind family?
What is genre?
A whole note gets this many beats
What is 4?
This rest gets 2 beats
What is a half rest?
The main part of the music
What is melody?
The trombone belongs to this instrument family
What is the brass family?
What is GCEA?
An eighth rest gets this many beats
What is 1/2?
This rest gets 1/2 beats
What is an eighth rest?
3 or more notes played at the same time
What is a chord?
The timpani belongs to this instrument family
What is the percussion family?
The 6 string names of the guitar
What is EADGBE?
A sixteenth note gets this many beats
What is 1/4?
This note gets 1/4 beats
What is a sixteenth note?
What notes are written on so musicians know what to play/sing
What is staff?
The piano belongs to this instrument family (name 1 or both answers)
What are the percussion and string families?
Symbols that tell us where notes go on the staff
What is clef?