Music Math
A whole note + 3 quarter notes
7 beats
This letter name is on the first line of the treble clef.
What is "E"?
Tempo means. . .
What is the speed of the beat?
True or False: Prince played more than 20 instruments on his first album.
True. Prince played a total of 27 different isntruments.
1 beat
What is a quarter note?
A quarter note - an eighth note + 3 eighth notes
2 beats
This letter name is in the 3rd space on the treble clef.
What is a "C"?
Piano means....
What is soft?
True or False: The oldest known musical instrument is 50,000 years old.
True. The Neanderthal Flute made of cave bear bones is believed to be at least 50,000 years old.
These two rests look similar but one is upside down
What is a half rest and whole rest?
A whole note + a whole note - 4 eighth notes
4 beats
A dotted quarter note gets how many beats?
What is 3?
This word means the opposite of piano.
What is forte?
True or False: Ludwig van Beethoven was almost completely deaf by the time he composed his most famous works.
True. The piano virtuoso started to go deaf in his 20s and was almost completely deaf by age 44. Still, he composed numerous legendary concertos, including Symphony No. 5, Große Fuge, Op. 133, and Symphony No. 9.
2 counts
What is a half note?
A dotted half note + a dotted half note - a quarter note
5 beats
This letter name lives on the top line of the treble clef.
What is "F"?
Timbre means...
What is the quality of sound?
True or False: People have spent millions of dollars for a violin.
True: The Stradivarius violin is the most expensive musical instrument in the world. It was sold for $16 million in 2011.
There are 8 of these in a whole note
What is an eighth note?
4 eighth notes + 1 quarter note + 4 sixteenth notes
4 beats
This letter name is in the top space of the treble clef.
What is "E"?
Decrescendo means...
What is gradually getting softer?
True or False: Music does not help you memorize facts for school tests.
False! Music can actually help improve your memory while studying! A study has shown that listening to music can help improve recall and memory performance.
This note gets 4 counts in 4/4 time
What is a whole note?