Beginning Band Music Quiz

What symbol raises a note 1/2 step?

What dynamic means to play softly?

In common time, how long is a dotted quarter note?

What is a tie? (in music)

How do you determine how long to hold a dotted note for?

What symbol signifies the end of a piece of music?

In cut time (2/2) what note gets the beat?

What symbol means to emphasize a note?

In common time, how many beats does a whole note get?

What does the top number in the time signature tell you?

A sequence of notes in ascending or descending order. Notes appear in alphabetical order.

Notes that are spelled differently, but sound the same.

The constant pulse in a piece of music that you tap your foot to is called _.

In common time, how beats does a half rest get?

2 or more notes played at the same time.

A dot above/below a note that indicates to play the note light and separated is called a _.

What does adagio mean?

A broken chord; notes of a chord played separately instead of at the same time.

How many eighth notes are in one half note?

What clef do high instruments read?

The symbols at the beginning of a piece that tell the performer what notes are sharp or flat.

In 2/4 time, how many beats are in a measure?

T/F: You should always tongue your notes unless there is a slur.

The distance between two notes is called _.

A musical sentence is called a _.

Any sharp, flat, or natural which appears in the music without being in the key signature.

What does D.C. al Fine mean?

What is a symbol indicates to hold a note longer than normal?

Band is the best class ever.

What term means to gradually get louder?