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WorksheetsMusic Riddles 1
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 19mins
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)
Take the whole,
Divide it by two.
Turn it upside down,
Then two you will do!
half rest
whole rest
quarter note
repeat sign
I'll show you a line
In the treble clef.
Trust me, my friend,
It's not an F.
C Line/alto clef
G Line/treble clef sign
B Line/bass staff
D Line/tenor staff
Out of 88, would you believe,
That there are 36 of these?
Only once am I alone.
Otherwise I'm 2's and 3's.
space notes
staff lines
black keys
white keys
You need these
To play the keys,
To play the notes
However you please.
(a)
There are several kinds of me.
You see me on your page.
And yet my sounds
are never heard,
Whenever I am played.
measures
beats
rests
dynamics
They made me so fancy.
They made me so free.
I could have been
Just the plain letter G.
Music staff
Treble Clef
Bass G
Bass Clef
If there is only
One of me,
Don't count to 2,
Go on to 3.
whole rest
whole note
dotted half note (half note dot)
quarter note dot
A lightning bolt
Looks a lot like me.
He's just a split second
But I'm a count, you see.
whole rest
half rest
quarter rest
quarter count
You'll never find me
In one of the spaces,
For on the staff,
I have five other places.
line notes
space notes
treble clef
ledger lines
Bar lines within the bar line.
One is thick, the other thin.
Don't forget the little dots
Before you go again.
staccato
repeat sign
legato
double bar
I am a circle
But I have no face.
I'm held quite long
Whether line or space.
whole rest
half note
quarter note
whole note
You know that I am
much too long,
If you hear me click
When you play your song.
mouse
fingernails
metronome
clock
Some may say that I look like a hat.
Though on a head is not where I am at.
You'll always find me on a line.
Count me two, while keeping time.
quarter rest
half rest
whole rest
half note
The Italians gave me my real name,
But just one letter can say the same.
Piano is so boring to me,
Because I am loud and strong, you see.
mf/mezzo forte
a/andante
p/piano
f/forte
Two notes are needed for my job to be done.
I just can't be if there's only one.
I tell you to strike the first of these,
Then hold the tone, for as long as I please.
rest
staccato
tie
slur
