Lesson 1: Structure - Quiz

Highlight the text below each question for the answer.

  1. Which part of the note tells us the pitch that it represents?
    • The head
  2. All music bars have ___ bars.
    • 5
  3. How do we write notes that do not fit on the standard number of bars?
    • We add as many short lines as needed above or below the standard 5 music bars. However, due to aesthetic and pragmatic reasons, we rarely write more than 4 short lines per clef.
  4. What do double bar lines mean?
    • The end.
  5. What are the names of the 2 clefs in piano?
    • Treble and BAss.
  6. What's a Key Signature?
    • A collection of symbols placed after the Clefs symbols that signify raising or lowering the pitches of notes half a step.
  7. What's a Time Signature?
    • Two numbers written one on top of the other that tell us the rhythm of a piece.
  8. What's Tempo?
    • The speed at which the music is played.
  9. What are dynamics?
    • The loudness/softness of a piece.

Next Section: In the next section, we will begin to understand how different notes represent different pitches in music notation.

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