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Terms to review music theory terms and concepts.
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What kind of lines extend the staff up or down?
Ledger Lines
Bar Lines
Straight Lines
Measure Lines
2
The ___ clef is used to write music for higher sounding instruments.
Bass
Treble
3
Staccato tells you to play the note
Forcefully
With emphasis
Full length
Detached
4
An apostrophe above the staff that tells you to breath is called a
Comma
Floating sign
Breath Mark
5
What is the acronym to remember the spaces of the treble clef?
FACE
ACEG
EGBDF
ACE
6
A ___ tells you to hold the note until the director goes on.
Birds Eye
Accidental
Fermata
Staccato
7
Two or more notes on different lines or spaces joined by a curved line are a:
Slur
Tie
8
How many beats does a quarter note get?
3
1
2
4
9
How many beats does a dotted half note receive?
2
2.5
3
3.5
10
What term is used to describe how loud or soft to play the music?
Dynamics
Piano
Forte
Fermata
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What is the loudest dynamic listed?
fff
mf
mp
pp
12
Decrescendo means to
Slow down
Speed up
Get louder
Get softer
13
What is the speed of a song?
Phrase
Time
Breath
Tempo
14
What is the acronym for the lines of the treble clef?
EGBDF
ACEG
GBDFA
FACE
15
An altered note that is not in the original key is called an ___
Accidental
Flat
Natural
Sharp
16
The top number of a time signature tells you ____
Beats per measure
Nothing
How many seconds the measure is
What note gets one beat
17
What is a musical thought or sentence?
Beat
Phrase
Sentence
Tempo
18
Two or more notes on the same line or space joined by a curved line is called a:
Slur
Tie
19
Crescendo means to:
Get louder
Speed up
Get softer
Slow down
20
What dynamic means forte or loud?
mp
mf
f
p
21
What means one person plays?
Unison
Solo
Soli
Tutti
22
Marcato tells you to play the note
Full length
Detached
Forcefully
With emphasis
23
Unison means:
Some play top and some play bottom
Everyone plays different notes
Everyone plays the same notes
24
What term means everyone plays?
Unison
Tutti
Divisi
25
A whole note gets how many beats?
3
2
1
4
26
What is the acronym for the spaces of the bass clef?
ACEG
FACE
GBDFA
EGBDF
27
Accents tell you to play the note
With emphasis
Full length
Forcefully
Detached
28
What is the softest dynamic out of the following choices?
ppp
mf
mp
fff
29
Tenuto tells you to play the note
Forcefully
Full length
Detached
With emphasis
30
Smaller sections of the staff are called___
Bar lines
Measures
Staff
31
What dynamic means medium soft?
mf
f
p
mp
32
A dotted note tells you to play the note for _________ the length of the original note
Half
Three times as long
The original note + half of it's beat
Twice as long
33
What is the acronym for the lines of the bass clef?
GBDFA
ACEG
EGBDF
FACE
34
What term means one section plays?
Unison
Tutti
Soli
Solo
35
The bottom number of a time signature tells you
What note gets one beat
Nothing
Seconds per measure
How many beats per measure
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Music is written on a ____
Line
Staff