On the Staff
Noted
The Word
All in the Family
I Got Rhythm
100
Everyone singing or playing the same notes and rhythms at the same time.
What is Unison?
100
The musical alphabet stops after what letter?
G
100
This important notation element at the beginning of a piece of music tells a musician how many beats are in a measure and which notes gets one beat.
What is the Time Signature?
100
The flute, clarinet, saxophone and oboe are all members of this musical instrument family.
What is Woodwind?
100
This note receives a count of 1 beat in 4/4 meter.
What is a Quarter note?
200
The main idea of a song, the tune
What is Melody?
200
This important part of music notation is the 5 lines and 4 spaces upon which music is written.
What is the staff?
200
This dynamic marking looks like a fancy "f" and means to play or sing strongly or loudly.
What is FORTE?
200
The trumpet, tuba, and trombone are all members of this musical instrument family.
What is the brass family?
200
These two rests look similar but one is upside down.
What is a half rest and whole rest?
300
This divides the staff into measures.
What is a bar line?
300
A _____ half note gets 3 beats in 4/4 time.
What is dotted?
300
The dynamic marking "pp" means to play or sing very softly.
What is pianissimo?
300
One of two instruments in the woodwind family that are played by blowing through a double reed, which the player makes for themselves out of cane.
What is Oboe or Bassoon?
300
This rest only receives half a beat of silence.
What is an eighth rest?
400
This music symbol has two lines and two dots and means to go back and do it again.
What is a repeat sign?
400
This letter name lives on the second line of the treble clef.
What is "G"?
400
This important notation element at the beginning of each staff tells the musician which notes, if any, should be altered and played as flats or sharps.
What is the Key Signature?
400
The piano can be placed into both of these instrument families because it produces sounds by strings being struck by hammers inside.
What is Percussion and Strings?
400
This note gets 4 beats in 4/4 time
What is a whole note?
500
This symbol means to play in 4/4 meter
What is common time?
500
This letter name lives on the 4th line of the bass clef.
What is "F"?
500
This term is the speed of the beat or pulse in music.
What is the tempo?
500
Instruments in this instrument family can be either pitched or unpitched.
What is the Percussion family?
500
8 of these notes would complete a full measure in 4/4 meter.
What is an eighth note?