4th, 5th grade and 6th grade music test: due dates / helping notes!

Hi all!


Please take a look at the terminology below, it will help you study for your music test (due date: 4th grade - January 6th, 14:00 , 5th grade- January 7th, 13:00 and 6th grade- December 16, 13:00)

• Stave /Staff: the 5 lines we use to write music notation on.

• Clef: Treble (G) and Bass (F). The music symbol that indicates the pitch of the written music notes

• Stem: the line which extends from the notehead. Look at the picture below to see the parts of an eight note:

• Bar lines: The vertical lines drawn through the staff to mark off metrical units:

• Accidentals: The symbols which mark a music note and alter their pitch. There are 3 accidentals:  Sharp (+ a semitone or half pitch), Flat (- a semitone or half pitch) and Neutral (brings the note in it's original form)

• Dynamic markings:

 p: piano (soft)

mp: mezzo piano (moderately soft)

pp: pianissimo (almost as a whisper)

f: forte (loud)

mf: mezzo forte (moderately loud)

ff: fortissimo (very loud)

Diminuendo: from forte to piano

Crescendo: from piano to forte