Music Terms

Theory

100

A half note gets this many beats

2

200

The word for a moment (beat, etc) of silence

rest

300

The violin plays in this clef

Treble Clef

400

The term used to play something over again

repeat

500

This type of signature tells us how many beats are in a measure.

Time Signature

Instruments

100

This instrument is the lowest pitched in the string family

Double Bass

200

This instrument is the only one to play in alto clef

Viola

300

This instrument is always played sitting down

Cello

400

These two instruments have the same string names in reverse

Violin and Bass

500

DAILY DOUBLE! This instrument is the oldest of the 4 in the string family

Viola

Notes

100

The first letter in the musical alphabet

A

200

There are this many notes in the musical alphabet

7

300

A D Major Scale starts and ends on this note

D

400

This type of note gets 4 beats

Whole note

500

This type of note gets 3 beats

Dotted Half Note

Vocabulary

100

The Italian word for plucking

Pizzacato

200

Terms found in music are often derived from this language

Italian

300

The word for how loud or soft to play

Dynamics

400

This symbol raises a note by a half step

Sharp

500

This word means to "get louder"

Crescendo