Music Notation
This is the 5 lines and 4 spaces used for writing music.
What is a staff?
Swinging eighth notes is a key element in this genre of music.
jazz
Volume of music.
What is dynamics?
The reason saxophones are not in the brass family.
What is because they have a reed?
Half note + dotted whole note.
what is 8
This symbol is often called a G clef.
What is the treble clef?
Genre of music that is completely sung, not spoken.
Opera
Accelerando means to do this.
What is to get faster?
If this instrument was all stretched out, it would be 18 feet long.
What is a tuba?
In 12/8 time, this is how many beats are in a measure.
12
This symbol divides the staff into measures.
What is a bar line?
The genre of music based on three beats per measure.
waltz
A small dotted placed above or below a note, meaning to play short and detached.
What is staccato?
The bass clarinet is a combination of these two instruments.
What are the clarinet and sax?
4 sixteenth notes plus a dotted half note
4 beats
This music symbol has two lines and two dots and means to go back and do it again.
What is a repeat?
The official name of the National Anthem.
What is the Star Spangled Banner?
This symbol > over a note means to do this.
What is Accent?
Trumpet, trombone, tuba, and this instrument complete the brass family.
What is the french horn?
6 eighth notes + one dotted quarter note.
4.5 beats
This indicates how many beats in each measure and what kind of note receives one beat.
What is a time signature?
This is how many keys a piano has.
What is 88?
A scale that is built in half steps.
What is chromatic scale?
This instrument has 47 strings.
What is a harp?
This note gets 1 count in 6/8 time
What is an eighth note?