Notes On the Staff
What is E?
The amount of beats in a quarter note
What is 1 beat?
The first scale degree of solfège
What is do?
The pattern for creating a major scale
What is whole, whole, half, whole, whole, whole, half?
The first name of your music teacher
What is Joslyn?
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 scale degree of solfège
What is mi?
The notes of the G Major Scale, in order
What is G, A, B, C, D, E, F#, G?
The name of the college Ms. Henderson went to for undergrad, earning her Bachelor of Arts in Music
What is Spelman College?
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 scale degree
What is do—closed fist, thumb facing your body?
The number of flat/s (flat notes) found in the F Major Scale
What is 1?
The city where Ms. Henderson was raised and is from
Hint: She also went to college in this city
What is Atlanta, GA?
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 5th scale degree in solfege
What is sol/so — hand up, thumb up, palm facing your body?
The number of sharp/s (sharp notes) found in the key of A Major
What is 3?
The number of siblings Ms. Henderson has
What is 2?
3 will be accepted with explanation
The mnemonic phrase used to remember the lines of the bass staff
What is "Good Boys Do Fine Always?"
At the board, correctly notate this rhythm using notes and rests:
1 + a 2 e + 3-e-+ a 4 +
(Nobody will get this.)
The hand sign for the sixth scale degree in solfège
What is la—if you know, you know?
Using what you know about the major scale, the number of sharps found in E Major scale
An extra 500 points if you can name them
What is 4?
They are F#, G#, C#, and D#
The sorority Ms. Henderson is a proud member of. This sorority just celebrated its Founders Day last Tuesday on January 13th.
What is Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated?