Sight Reading Vocabulary

The bottom number of a time signature tells you...

• How many beats per Measure
• What type of beats to count
• What instrument to play
• How many measures in the whole song

The top number of a time signature tells you...

• How many beats per Measure
• What type of beats to count
• How many beats in the whole song
• How many Measure in the entire song

Which answer is in order from LOUDEST to SOFTEST?

• pp,p,mp,mf,f,ff
• ff,f,mf,mp,pp,p
• pp,p,mp,f,mf,ff
• ff,f,mf,mp,p,pp

Which answer is in order from SOFTEST to LOUDEST?

• pp,p,mp,mf,f,ff
• ff,f,mf,mp,pp,p
• pp,p,mp,f,mf,ff
• ff,f,mf,mp,p,pp

What are dynamics?

• The Speed of the Music and how it changes thoughout
• The volume and how it changes throughout the music
• The way you play each note
• The sharps, flats, and naturals in the music

In the first measure this is an example of a(n).....

• Flat
• Natural
• Hashtag
• Accidental

Why did the composer put the natural in parentheses in the second measure?

• It's an new accidental
• It's not a sharp or flat
• Remind you to go back to the key signature
• A natural

The space at the start of the music that lets musicians know what scale the peice of music is in.

• Time Signature
• Accidentals
• Key Signature 
• Treble Clef

Flute players may see the Oboe part written in their music like this as....

• Syncopation
• Cues
• Enharmonics
• Articulations

What type of rhythm is this?

• Short
• Syncopated
• Long
• Enharmonic