Musical Symbols
What symbol represents silence in music? Give me 3 examples.
A rest (whole, half, eighth, sixteenth, etc.)
In a 4/4 time signature, how many beats are in a measure?
4 beats
What does legato mean in music?
Smooth and connected
What is the set of five lines and four spaces called?
A musical staff
What is the rhythmic value of a half note?
2 beats
What is the symbol that lowers a note by a half step? What does it look like?
In a 4/4 time signature, what kind of note gets the beat?
A quarter note
Short and detached
What is the musical symbol at the very beginning of the staff?
Clef (treble, bass, alto, tenor)
What is the rhythmic value of an eighth note?
1/2 beat
What is the name of the symbol that tells you to return to the beginning of a section or piece? What does it look like?
Repeat Sign ( :|| )
In 6/8 time signature, how many beats are in a measure?
6 beats
What does a cappella mean in music?
Not accompanied, no piano
How many flats are in the key of F major?
1 flat
What is the rhythmic value of a half rest?
2 beats
What is the name of the symbol that raises a note by a half-step? What does it look like?
A sharp (#)
In 6/8 time signature, what kind of note gets the beat?
An eighth note
What does tempo mean in music?
The speed of the music/ho quickly it is performed
What solfege syllable is the third line in our sigh-reading key (F major) ?
Fa
What is the rhythmic value of a dotted half note?
3 beats
What is the name of the symbol that connects two notes of the same pitch, combining their durations? It looks like a curved line.
A tie
In 6/8 time signature, how many "BIG BEATS" are there? (how do you feel the beat/count it out loud)
2 big beats
What kind of line is a line that extends the staff called? (above or below)
Ledger line
What solfege syllable is the fourth space in our sigh-reading key (F major) ?
What is the rhythmic value of a dotted quarter note?
1.5 beats