Musical Terms and Instruments

What does "dynamics" mean when referring to music/sounds?

• How fast or slow the music is

• How high or low in pitch the music is

• How loud or soft the music/instrument is

What Italian term best describes the dynamics when a song/piece is very loud?

• piano p

• mezzo piano mp

• fortissimo ff

• forte f

what term is used when the music is soft?

• piano p

• forte f

• mezzo forte mf

• fortissimo ff

What instrument is this pictured?

• vibraphone

• trumpet

• clarinet

• saxophone

How many strings on a standard guitar?

• 5

• 6

• 4

• 7

Which instrument is playing this melody (The Last Post)?

• clarinet

• trombone

• bugle or trumpet

• flute

What is the name of this instrument pictured?

• violin

• cello

• double bass

• tuba

What is the name of this symbol (rhythm value name)?

• quaver or eighth note

• crotchet or quarter note

• semiquaver or eighth note

• minim or half note

What is the name of this symbol found at the start of a piece of music?

• bass clef

• treble clef

• alto clef

• tenor clef

What word do the notes in the spaces spell in treble clef?

• C A G E

• F A D E

• F A C E

• R A C E