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100

When reading a piece of music, this is the exact side of the notehead where an accidental symbol must be printed to be valid.

What is the left side?

100

This dynamic marking is exactly one level softer than Mezzo Piano.

What is piano?

100

This is the exact number of half steps you must count to travel from any given pitch to its exact octave above.

What is 12?

100

This specific Italian word means "the end" and marks exactly where a piece finishes after you have followed a repeat sign or jump.

What is Fine?

100

This white key on the piano is also know as Fb.

What is E?

200

These are the following three pitches names.


What are Eb, E natural, and E natural

200

This visual marking tells a musician to play a note short and detached, and is written as a dot directly above or below the notehead.

What is a staccato mark?

200

This specific pitch is exactly one whole step higher than a B natural.

What is C#?

200

This symbol, consisting of two vertical dots placed before one thin and one thick vertical lines, instructs a musician to go back and play a section of music a second time.

What is a repeat sign?

200

The 3rd note name when ascending a C# major scale.

What is E#?

300

This type of accidental is technically unnecessary but is written by a composer anyway to remind a player that a barline has already canceled a previous sharp or flat from a previous measure.

What is a courtesy (or cautionary) accidental?

300

This specific Italian tempo marking indicates that the music should be performed at a comfortable, leisurely walking pace.

What is Andante?

300

This is the total number of half steps combined when you add exactly one whole step and one half step together.

What is three half steps?

300

This symbol, whose name translates to "tail" in Italian, tell you to jump to an ending passage.

What is the Coda?

300

This black key on the piano is also know as Db.

What is C#?

400

This symbol instructs a musician to raise a written pitch by two half steps instead of one.

What is a Double Sharp?

400

This Italian suffix means 'Very'

What is '-issimo'?

400

This pitch is achieved by stacking exactly three whole steps consecutively, starting upward (or downward) from C natural.

What is F#? (or Gb)

(Brownie points if you know another name for this interval)

400

This specific Italian phrase instructs a musician to take a road trip all the way back to the very beginning of the piece and play until hitting the end mark.

What is D.C. al Fine?

400

The 4th note name when ascending a Gb major scale.

What is Cb?

500

This musical symbol is not an accidental, but still cancels out previous sharps, flats, and naturals.

What is a barline?

500

This specific articulation line instructs a musician to hold a note for its absolute full value and give it a slight emphasis.

What is a tenuto mark?

500

If you play a scale composed entirely of whole steps starting on C, this is the total number of unique pitches you can play before hitting the octave.

What is 6?

500

This specific instruction tells a musician to return to the "sign" and play until reaching the text or symbol that directs them to the final ending section, or "tail".

What is D.S. al Coda?

500

The names of everyone in the room.

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