Notes On the Staff
What is E?
The amount of beats in a quarter note
What is 1 beat?
The first solfège syllable in a major scale
What is do?
The finger numbers on the right hand for playing any pentatonic scale
What is 1-2-3-4-5?
This orange fruit becomes a glowing decoration when you carve a face into it and put a candle inside
What is a pumpkin (jack-o-lantern)?
The 3rd space on the treble staff
What is C?
The amount of beats in a half note plus a whole note
What is 6 beats?
The third solfège syllable in a major scale
What is mi?
What is 1-2-3-1-2-3-4-5?
This Halloween tradition started as a way to keep away ghosts — now it’s mostly about candy and costumes
What is trick-or-treating?
This note connects the treble and bass staves — it’s on the line just below the treble staff and just above the bass staff
What is Middle C/C4?
The rhythmic notation for our clapped call to attention
What is 1 2 3 + 4?
The hand sign for the first solfège syllable
What is do—closed fist, thumb facing your body?
The notes that make up the C Major scale, in order
What is C, D, E, F, G, A, B, C?
This spooky hit by Michael Jackson features dancing zombies and a famous laugh at the end by Vincent Price
What is Thriller?
The phrase that the spaces of the bass staff spell out
What is ACEG?
If you see an eighth note and two sixteenth notes starting on beat 1, you’d count it this way
What is "1 + a?" (one and-a)
This hand sign represents the fifth solfège syllable
What is sol/so — hand up, thumb up, palm facing your body?
The notes of the G Major Scale, in order
What is G, A, B, C, D, E, F#, G?
In this classic Disney movie, a mother and daughter magically switch bodies for a day — and a brand-new sequel just dropped this year
What is Freaky Friday?
The mnemonic phrase used to remember the lines of the bass staff
What is "Good Boys Do Fine Always?"
What is the watermelon, Mississippi, avocado, etc.?
The hand sign for the sixth solfège syllable
What is la—if you know, you know?
In a left-hand major scale, this finger crosses over the thumb to continue the pattern smoothly
What is the middle finger?
This 2017 horror film directed by Jordan Peele explores racism through the story of a Black man visiting his white girlfriend’s family for the weekend
What is Get Out?