Western Notations

Question 1

Front

Answer 1

Back

Question 2

What is a musical staff (or stave)?

Answer 2

Five lines and four spaces where music is written.

Question 3

What are the names of the spaces on the treble clef?

Answer 3

F, A, C, E.

Question 4

What are the names of the lines on the treble clef?

Answer 4

E, G, B, D, F.

Question 5

What does the treble clef represent?

Answer 5

Higher-pitched notes, usually for instruments like violin or flute.

Question 6

What are the names of the lines on the bass clef?

Answer 6

G, B, D, F, A.

Question 7

What are the names of the spaces on the bass clef?

Answer 7

A, C, E, G.

Question 8

What is the bass clef used for?

Answer 8

Lower-pitched notes, like those for cello or bass guitar.

Question 9

What is a clef?

Answer 9

A symbol that indicates the pitch range of the notes on the staff.

Question 10

What is a semibreve (whole note)?

Answer 10

A note worth 4 beats.

Question 11

What is a minim (half note)?

Answer 11

A note worth 2 beats.

Question 12

What is a crotchet (quarter note)?

Answer 12

A note worth 1 beat.

Question 13

What is a quaver (eighth note)?

Answer 13

A note worth half a beat.

Question 14

What is a semiquaver (sixteenth note)?

Answer 14

A note worth a quarter of a beat.

Question 15

What does a dot after a note mean?

Answer 15

It adds half of the note’s original value.

Question 16

What is a rest?

Answer 16

A symbol that indicates silence in music.

Question 17

How many beats is a semibreve rest worth?

Answer 17

4 beats.

Question 18

How many beats is a crotchet rest worth?

Answer 18

1 beat.

Question 19

How many beats is a quaver rest worth?

Answer 19

Half a beat.

Question 20

What is a time signature?

Answer 20

Tells how many beats are in a bar and what note gets the beat.

Question 21

What does 4/4 mean?

Answer 21

Four crotchet beats per bar.

Question 22

What does 3/4 mean?

Answer 22

Three crotchet beats per bar.

Question 23

What is a bar line?

Answer 23

A line that separates each bar of music.

Question 24

What is a double bar line?

Answer 24

A symbol that shows the end of a piece or section.

Question 25

What is a repeat sign?

Answer 25

A symbol that tells the performer to play a section again.

Question 26

What is a tie?

Answer 26

A curved line joining two notes of the same pitch to extend their duration.

Question 27

What is a slur?

Answer 27

A curved line showing that notes should be played smoothly (legato).

Question 28

What is pitch?

Answer 28

How high or low a note sounds.

Question 29

What does a sharp (♯) do to a note?

Answer 29

Raises the pitch by a semitone.

Question 30

What does a flat (♭) do to a note?

Answer 30

Lowers the pitch by a semitone.

Question 31

What does a natural (♮) do to a note?

Answer 31

Cancels a sharp or flat.

Question 32

What does forte (f) mean?

Answer 32

Play loudly.

Question 33

What does piano (p) mean?

Answer 33

Play softly.

Question 34

What does crescendo mean?

Answer 34

Gradually get louder.

Question 35

What does diminuendo (or decrescendo) mean?

Answer 35

Gradually get softer.

Question 36

What does 'tempo' mean in music?

Answer 36

The speed of the music.

Question 37

What is a ledger line?

Answer 37

A short line used for notes above or below the staff.

Question 38

What is a dynamic marking?

Answer 38

A symbol that shows how loud or soft to play.

Question 39

What is a key signature?

Answer 39

Sharps or flats at the beginning of a staff that apply to the whole piece.

Question 40

What is an accidental?

Answer 40

A sharp, flat, or natural not in the key signature, used temporarily.

Question 41

What is articulation in music?

Answer 41

The way notes are played – e.g., smooth, detached, accented.