Circle of 5ths
Rhythms
Tempi, Dynamics, & More
Articulations
Etc.
100

The major key that has two flats.

What is the key of B flat?

100

Please perform this rhythm (clapping)

1- 2- 3--- | 1--- 3---| 1--- 3- 4- |

100

Adagio

What is a slow tempo?

100

Accent

What is to attack a note harder?

100

Soli

What is when a section plays alone?

200

The major key that has four sharps.

What is the key of E?

200

2 quarter notes, 2 eighth notes, 1 quarter note

What is 1 2 3+ 4?

200

Allegro

What is a brisk tempo?

200

Articulation

What is how you play a note?

200

Unison

What is when the whole band plays the same thing together?

300

The major key with six flats.

What is the key of G flat?

300

The number of beats in this measure: 2 eighth notes, 1 quarter, 2 sixteenths, 1 eighth, 1 quarter, 4 sixteenths

What is 5 beats?

300

Rallentando

What is to slow down gradually?

300

To play a note short.

What is staccato?

300

Holds a note for an extremely long time (usually at the end of a piece)

What is a fermata?

400

The key of E flat.

What is the key with three flats?

400

Four sixteenth notes, two eighth notes, one quarter note, two eighth notes

What is 1e+a 2+ 3 4+?

400

fp (forte-piano)

What is loud, then immediately soft?

400

Tenuto

What is to play a note full value?

400

Lowering the third and sixth note in a scale.

What is harmonic minor?

500

The key of G natural minor.

What is B flat and E flat?

500

Please perform this rhythm (clapping)

1e-a 2e-a _e+a 4e+- | 1-- + 3- 4e--

500

Dolce

What is sweetly?

500

To play short and accented

What is marcato?

500

A pause or break in the music, marked by a slanted, double, vertical slanted line.

What is a cesura?