Music Riddles 1

A space to a space,

A line to a line.

Doesn't matter to me;

I'm the same every time.

• forte

• a step/2nd

• a skip/3rd

• a staccato

My head is hollow.

My leg is strong.

Compared to one,

I'm twice as long.

• a whole note

• A half note

• A quarter note

• A sixteenth note

Though there's only one of me,

Two or more notes are needed to be.

Though you only strike one,

I guarantee,

You'll hold all the notes

placed beside me.

• staccato dots

• rests

• legato

• tie/tied notes

Staccato I will never be.

Do just the opposite

when playing me.

I'm not a mark, but you will see,

My term is used quite frequently.

• Allegro

• legato

• Lento

• Vivace

I show the beginning.

I show the end.

The notes in between,

On me they depend.

• repeat sign

• ledger lines

• bar lines

• time signature

I'm just a speck,

Maybe hard to see.

But everyone knows

When you bounce

Because of me.

• repeat sign

• legato

• staccato

• half note dot

There are seven of me.

Oh, don't you agree:

When you get to the end

You start over again.

• measures

• musical alphabet

• black keys

• lines on the staff

I tell you how many

Counts there are,

In each measure,

Between each bar.

• finger numbers

• treble clef

• musical fraction

• time signature

I'm always smooth,

smooth as can be.

A ballerina might

learn from me.

• half notes

• piano

• legato

• ritardando

Though I am just one letter,

You will see

That I am played

Rather softly.

• f

  (forte)

• p

  (piano)

• l

  (legato)

• f

  (fermata)