Music Vocabulary

The BEAT is

• the pattern of sounds and silence

• the steady pulse of music

• how high or low the sounds are

• the same as melody

RHYTHM is

• the pattern of sounds and silence in music

• the steady pulse of the music

• always the same

• the same as timbre

MELODY is the combination of

• rhythm and beat

• pitch and harmony

• rhythm and pitch

• beat and timbre

TIMBRE is

• what makes your heart beat

• the unique sound of a voice or instrument

• what they say when chopping down a tree

• another word for melody

Percussion instruments are played by

• blowing, bowing, or plucking

• bowing, plucking or strumming

• striking, shaking, or scraping

• sipping, slurping, or gulping

The STAFF is made up of

• 6 lines and 8 spaces

• 3 lines and 7 spaces

• 12 lines and 11 spaces

• 5 lines and 4 spaces

The PERCUSSION CLEF is used for

• stringed instruments

• wind instruments

• brass instruments

• percussion instruments

A repeat sign tells a musician to

• play a section again

• stop playing

• eat lunch earlier

• play louder

1/4 = 2/8: so one quarter note is equal to

• six whole notes

• two eighth notes

• eight bananas

• one eighth note

A quarter note stands for one beat of sound, and a quarter rest stands for

• three beats of sound

• two beats of silence

• one beat of silence

• four beats of sound