Playing Your Recorder
Note Values
Note Names
Instrument Families
Music Vocabulary
100
Why will your recorder squeak?
Over blowing Not covering the wholes Too much in your mouth
100
How many beats are in a whole note?
4
100
What note is on the middle line?
B
100
What family is the trombone in?
Brass
100
What does Piano mean?
Soft
200
What do you use in your mouth to help play a note?
Tongue
200
How many beats are in a half note?
2
200
What note is on the 2nd space?
A
200
What family is the clarinet in?
Woodwind
200
What does mf mean? English and Italian
Mezzo Forte - Moderately Loud
300
What is the most important thing when playing your instrument? Hint: you need this to live.
Air
300
How many beats are in a quarter note?
1
300
What note is on the 3rd space?
C
300
What family is the flute in?
Woodwind
300
Draw a Fermata and tell me what it means
To hold a note longer than usual
400
What hand goes on the bottom of the recorder?
Right
400
How many beats are in a dotted half note?
3
400
What note is on the bottom line?
E
400
What family is the xylophone in?
Percussion
400
What does Tempo mean?
The speed of music. How fast or slow the music is.
500
What hand goes on the top of your recorder?
Left
500
How many beats are in 1 eighth note?
1/2
500
What note is on the top line?
F
500
What family is the viola in?
Strings
500
What does a flat b do to a note?
Lowers it. Lowers it by a half step.