Tempo
What does tempo tell us in music?
What is how fast or slow the music goes?
This Italian word means “loud.”
What is forte?
This is the basic unit of time in music.
What is a beat?
What clef do most high-pitched instruments like the flute, violin, and trumpet read from?
What is the treble clef?
This set of five lines and four spaces is where music is written.
What is a staff?
What Italian word means “fast” in music?
What is allegro?
This dynamic marking means “soft.”
What is piano?
This note gets one beat in 4/4 time.
What is a quarter note?
Which note is found on the bottom line of the treble clef staff?
What is E?
This symbol tells you how loud or soft to play the music?
What is a dynamic marking?
Which tempo word means to play at a steady, walking speed?
What is andante?
If a song starts piano and changes to forte, it is getting this.
What is louder? (or: What is a crescendo?)
This type of note lasts for two beats in 4/4 time.
What is a half note?
Which note sits in the fourth space of the treble clef staff?
What is E?
This family of instruments includes the violin, viola, cello, and bass.
What is the string family?
If a song starts slow and then speeds up, what is that called?
What is accelerando?
This symbol means to gradually get softer.
What is a decrescendo (or diminuendo)?
If you clap four times evenly in one measure of 4/4 time, you are clapping these kinds of notes.
What are quarter notes?
If you see a note on the third line of the treble clef staff, what note is it?
What is B?
This Italian word means "very fast."
What is presto?
Which tempo word means to go slower and slower, like the music is winding down?
What is ritardando?
This dynamic marking means very soft
What is pianissimo?
This dot adds half the value of the note it’s next to. How many beats does a dotted quarter note get in 4/4 time?
What is one and a half beats?
The note on the line below the treble clef staff.
What is C (middle C)?
In a time signature, the top number tells you how many beats are in a measure. The bottom number tells you...
What kind of note gets the beat?