Piano Lab Feb 21, '21

On Staff

100

This is the 5 lines and 4 spaces used for writing music.

What is a staff?

200

This symbol is often called the "G Clef."

What is the Treble Clef?

300

This divides the staff into measures

What is a barline?

400

Indicates how many beats in each measure and what kind of note gets one beat.

What is a Time Signature?

500

This music symbol has two lines and two dots and means to go back and do it again

What is a repeat sign?

Noted

100

This letter name is on the first line of the treble clef staff

What is "E?"

200

This letter name is in the third space on the treble clef staff

What is "C?"

300

A ____________ half note gets three beats in 4/4 time

What is dotted?

400

This letter name lives on the top line of the bass clef staff

What is "A?"

500

The number of dotted quarter notes in a measure of 9/8 time

What is 3?

So much Italian!

100

"Tempo" indicates the character of a piece and the speed the performer should play it, but literally it means this

What is time?

200

"Forte" indicates to a pianist to dig in and play loudly, but literally the word means this

What is "strong?"

300

The word crescendo is often translated as "gradually louder," but this direct translation from Italian could also be used to describe what a plant does from spring to summer

What is "growing?"

400

The word "scale" comes from the Italian word "scala;" if you used one of these you could climb up to a balcony and down again

What is a ladder?

500

The word crescendo is often translated as "gradually louder," but this direct translation from Italian could also be used to describe what a plant does from spring to summer

What is "growing?"

I Got Rhythm

100

One beat in 4/4

What is a quarter note?

200

These two rests look similar but one is upside down

What are half rests and whole rests?

300

In this type of rhythm, popular in ragtime music, a longer note is put between two shorter notes to shift it from a strong beat to a weaker one

What is "syncopation?"

400

There are sixteen of these in a whole note

What is a sixteenth-note?

500

The name of our category comes from a famous tune written by this composer, whose brother Ira wrote the lyrics

Who is George Gershwin?

Intervals

100

This interval, a type of third, is larger than a minor third

What is a major third?

200

 C to F

What is a fourth?

300

An interval is the distance between this many notes

What is two?

400

This part of an interval is a numeral from 2 to 8

What is the size?

500

The interval between the 2nd note of a scale and the 5th note

What is a fourth?