Dotted Notes & Rests
A dotted half note is equal to this many beats.
What is three beats?
This symbol means "play loud".
What is forte (f)?
This Italian word means “slow.”
What is Largo?
This symbol raises a note by one half step.
What is a sharp?
A tetrachord has this many notes.
What is 4 notes?
A dotted quarter note equals this many eighth notes.
What is three eighth notes?
This Italian word means “soft.”
What is piano?
This tempo marking means a walking pace.
What is Andante?
This symbol lowers a note by one half step.
What is a flat?
This is the pattern of whole and half steps in a major tetrachord.
What is whole, whole, half?
This rest looks like a number 7 and lasts half a beat.
What is an eighth rest?
This dynamic means "very soft."
What is pianissimo (pp)?
This word means fast and lively.
What is Allegro?
This accidental cancels a sharp or flat.
What is a natural?
It takes this many tetrachords to make up a major scale.
A dot adds this amount of value to a note.
What is half of the note’s original value?
This marking means to gradually get louder.
What is crescendo?
This tempo marking means very fast.
what is presto?
The distance from one key to the very next on a piano is called this.
What is a half step?
This major key has one sharp.
What is G major?
This mark connects two notes of the same pitch into one longer sound.
What is a tie?
This articulation symbol means to play the note short and detached.
What is staccato?
This term means to gradually slow down.
What is ritardando?
These notes sound the same but are written differently (like F# and Gb).
What are enharmonic notes?
This major key has two flats.
What is Bb major?