Music Terms Review

Music Terms Review

What we know so far

The Music Staff

There are 5 lines and 4

Spaces on the music staff

Other Terms

Bar Line - Line that divides the music

Measure - Space between two barlines

Double barline - The end of the music

Time Signature - Tells what time the music is in

Time Signature

Top number tells how many beats are in a measure (bar).

Bottom number tells what kind of note is getting the beat

Multiple Choice

How many lines are on the music staff?

• 3

• 6

• 8

• 5

Multiple Choice

What is the space between two barlines called?

• Measure

• Staff

• Time Signature

• Repeat Sign

Multiple Choice

What does the top number of the time signature tell us?

• How many measures in a beat

• How many measures in the music

• How many times you play

• How many beats are in a measure

Multiple Choice

What does the bottom number of the time signature tell us?

• How many measures in the music

• What kind of note gets the beat

• What instrument to play

• How many notes you play

Treble Clef

Used for Keyboard instruments such as Glockenspiel, Xylophone, Marimba, and Vibraphone

Bass Clef

Used for Timpani and the low end of the Marimba

Percussion Clef

Used for Instruments where specific notes aren't necessary. For example Snare drum, Bass Drum, Triangle, Tambourine, etc.

Treble Clef Notes

Bass Clef Notes

Multiple Choice

What note is this?

• A

• B

• C

• D

Multiple Choice

What note is this?

• F

• H

• E

• A

Multiple Choice

What note is this?

• G

• A

• C

• F

Multiple Choice

What note is this?

• D

• C

• A

• B

Multiple Choice

What note is this?

• A

• B

• C

• D

Multiple Choice

What note is this?

• D

• B

• A

• E

Multiple Choice

What note is this?

• E

• G

• F

• A

Multiple Choice

What note is this?

• A

• C

• B

• D

Rhythm tree

Note Values can be Subdivided (meaning divided equally into two parts) into other notes. For example one Whole note can be divided into two half notes.

Whole Note

4 beats

8 pulses

Half Note

2 beats

4 pulses

Quarter Note

1 beat

2 pulses

8th Note

1/2 beat

1 pulse

Multiple Choice

How many beats are in a whole note?

• 5

• 3

• 4

• 1

Multiple Choice

How many beats are in a quarter note?

• 1

• 1/2

• 3

• 4

Multiple Choice

How many beats are in one measure of 5/8 time?

• 8

• 4

• 5

• 2

Multiple Choice

What kind of note is getting the beat in 16/32 time?

• Whole Note

• Quarter Note

• Sixteenth Note

• Thirty-second Note

Multiple Choice

What kind of note is this?

• 16th note

• 32nd note

• Quarter Note

• 8th Note

Multiple Choice

How many beats are in one 8th note?

• 1

• 3

• 1/2

• 4