Music
Theory Treasure Hunt
4th and 5th Grade Instrumental Music
Elmer/Woodlawn/Zoller
Instructions
Welcome to a music theory Internet treasure hunt. Below you will find a list of questions and websites to help you answer each question. Use your answer sheet to write your answers on once you find them.
Note duration is the length of time a note is played. Click on the picture of music notes below to find the answer to the following questions about note duration. Once you are at the site, use the arrows on the bottom of the page to find your answers.
1. Which note has the longest duration?
2. How many half notes occupy the same amount of time as one whole note?
3. What does a flag do to the value of a note?
4. How many flags does an eighth note have?
5. How many flags does a sixteenth note have?
The staff, clefs and ledger lines are all used in music notation. Click on the grand staff picture below to answer the following questions. Once you are at the site, use the arrows on the bottom of the page to find your answers.
1. How many lines and spaces make up the staff?
2. What is the purpose of a staff?
3. What are the 2 most commonly used clefs?
4. What happens when you run out of room to place notes on the staff?
Tempo is the speed of music. There are many names for the different speeds of music. Click on the Alle-Breve tempo picture below to find the meanings of the following tempo markings. Once at the site click on the visit site button to find your answers.
1. What does Largo mean?
2. What does Andante mean?
3. What does Allegro mean?
4. What does Presto mean?
Dynamics are the loud and soft of music. There are many different words to describe dynamics. Click on the dynamic marking picture below to find the meanings for the following words.
1. What does Piano mean?
2. What does Mezzo Piano mean?
3. What does Mezzo Forte mean?
4. What does Forte mean?
Style is the way in which a piece of music is performed. Composers use many different words to describe the style in which a piece of music should be played. Click on the music picture below to find the meanings of the following style markings. Once at the site, click on the visit site button to find your answers.
1. What does Detache mean?
2. What does Dolce mean?
3. What does Legato mean?
4. What does sostenuto mean?
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