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WorksheetsPiano Keyboarding Vocabulary
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 7mins
The volume of music.
Forte
Phrase
Time Signature
Dynamic
Smooth and connected, often shown by a slur.
Legato
Largo
Tie
Phrase
Symphony No. 9 by Beethoven
Largo
Time Signature
Ode to Joy
Tie
A symbol at the beginning of a line of music that indicates to play the piano with the right hand and that "G" is on line 2.
Bass Clef
Treble Clef
Treble Staff
Bass Staff
The first seven letters of the alphabet
Your Name
Music Alphabet
The beginning of the song
are not used in music
When a curved line connects two notes that are on the same line or space and they are played as one note with the combined value of both notes.
Slur
Tie
Phrase
Measure
At the beginning of a line of music, after the clef, and shows the number of beats per measure and what note value gets one beat.
Key Signature
Staff
Time Signature
Bass Clef
The symbol at the beginning of a line of music that indicates to play the piano with your left hand and that “F” is on line 4.
Bass Staff
Treble Clef
Bass Clef
Treble Staff
Five lines and four spaces of written music. It is where the notes are located.
staff
Measure
Bar Line
Phrase
A musical thought, idea, or sentence.
Repeat Sign
Interval
Slur
Phrase
The notes C, D, E, F, G in both hands on the piano.
C Major Chord
G7 Chord
C Position
Dynamic
A note value with 1 beat of sound.
Quarter Note
Quarter Rest
Half Note
Half Rest
A treble clef on the staff.
treble staff
bass staff
grand staff
notes
The way you sit and play the piano keyboard
C Position
Posture
Tie
Legato
A note value with 2 beats of continuous sound
Quarter Note
Half Note
Dotted Half Note
Half Rest
A unit of music, divided by bar lines, with equal beats.
Measure
Bar Line
Double Bar Line
Staff
the duration of or how long to hold a note or rest.
Phrase
Measure
Rhythm
Note Value
A curved line between two or more notes that are different lines or spaces; it means to play legato.
Tie
Slur
Largo
Phrase
a pattern of different note values combined.
Piano
repeat sign
Note Value
Rhythm
A movement of Dvorak’s “New World Symphony.”
Largo
Ode to Joy
Legato
Forte
A note value of three beats of continuous sound.
Half note
Dotted Half Note
Quarter Note
Whole Note
At the beginning of a line of music that means there are three beats in each measure and the quarter note gets one beat.
3/4 Time Signature
Time Signature
Rhythm
Phrase
The pitches B, F, and G played together.
C Major Chord
C Minor Chord
G7 Chord
G Chord
Distance between two pitches. (notes)
Interval
Staff
Bar Line
Note Value
Pitches C, E, and G played together
G7 Chord
Arpeggio
Minor Chord
C Major Chord
Dynamic level meaning loud
Mezzo Forte
Piano
Forte
Dynamic
a bass clef on the staff
Staff
Treble Staff
Bass Staff
Bass Clef
A double bar and double dots that means to go back to the beginning and play again.
Repeat Sign
Double Bar
Forte
Bar Line
three or more pitches played together
Chord
Unison
Tutti
Staff
two bar lines that mean it is the end of a piece of music.
measure
staff
bar line
double bar line
The treble and bass staffs combined via a brace and a single bar line.
Double Bar
Staff
Melodic Interval
Grand Staff
A note value of four beats of silence.
Half Rest
Whole Rest
Quarter Note
Dotted Half note
A note value of 2 beats of silence
Quarter Note
Half Note
Whole Rest
Half Rest
The distance between two pitches, played one after the other.
Piano
Harmonic Interval
Chord
Melodic Interval
a note value of four beats of continuous sound
Whole Rest
Whole Note
Half Note
Quarter Rest
the distance between two pitches, played at the same time.
Melodic interval
Harmonic Interval
Major Chord
Harmony
Dynamic level meaning medium loud
Piano
Mezzo Piano
Mezzo Forte
Forte
a single vertical line that divides the music into measures
measure
bar line
staff
grand staff
dynamic level meaning soft
piano
mezzo piano
forte
mezzo forte
A note value of one beat of silence.
Whole Rest
Quarter note
Quarter Rest
Half Rest
