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Orchestra Vocab #1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| tells us how high or low to play, and how long to play | note |
| the Pulse of Music | beat |
| tells us to count silent beats | rest |
| 1 beat of sound | quarter note |
| 1 beat of silence | quarter rest |
| number of beats each | measure |
| divides the music staff into measures | barline |
| has 5 lines and 4 spaces | music staff |
| indicates the end of a piece of music | double bar |
| go back to the beginning and play the music agian | repeat sign |
| a sequence of notes in ascending or decending order | scale |
| tells us how many beats are in each measure and what kind of notes gets one beat | time signature |
| plucking | pizzacato |
| playing with the bow on the string | arco |
| indicate a set of note names | clef |
| violin | treble clef |
| viola | alto clef |
| cello and bass | bass clef |