A Basic Music Terms Practice Game

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Ahoy there, Matey! Want to add some swash buckling fun to your music theory skill building efforts? Pirate QuestTM provides young musicians with a pirate-themed game board and 30 basic music term cards to drill and practice. Mix and match the cards to drill the musical terms they need to know. When theyve mastered the first set, grab a new set of terms.

directionsPlayers begin by placing a game token on start. (Students could use a coin or a token from another board game.) Each correctly answered question moves them one space closer to the end. With each incorrect answer, the player collects a Walk the Plank card. The first player to answer 12 questions correctly, without collecting three Walk the Plank cards, wins. Any player recieving three Walk the Plank cards sends them over the plank and they lose the game.

If students are playing without teacher guidance, students may check the Pirate QuestTM Answers Sheet to verify answer correctness.

Parents and TeachersMix and match. Pick and choose. Question cards for this game are interchangable. Any combination of 10 cards may be combined to make a suitable set of questions that will challenge the student.

Some cards are marked with a red dot. These terms appear often in beginning method books, and are a recommended start for term memorization. Choose a set of 12 cards, and work toward mastery. When your child/student knows these terms well, select a new set. If they know some, but are having a hard time with others, pull the ones out that they know well, and add a few new ones.

Includes gameboard, 30 musical term cards, musical term answer sheet, Walk the Plank cards, and instructions.

For 2 to 3 players

Ages 6-10

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How many beats does a Quarter Note ( ) get?

How many beats does a Half Note ( )

get?

How many beats does a Whole Note ( ) get?

How many beats does an Eighth Note ( ) get?

How many beats does a Quarter

Rest ( )get?

How many beats does a Half Rest ( )

get?

What does a Sharp ( ) do?

What does a Flat ( ) do?

How many lines and spaces

make a Staff?

What does Mezzo Piano ( )

mean?

What does Mezzo Forte ( )

mean?What does

Piano ( ) mean?

What does a Treble Clef ( )

do?

What does a Bass Clef ( )

do?

What does Allegro mean?

What does Andante mean?

What does Adagio mean?

What does Moderato mean?

What does Rit. mean?

What does Fine mean?

What do you do when you see a

Slur ( )?

What do you do when you see a

Repeat Sign ( )?

What does a Viola Clef ( )

do?

What do you do when you see a

Tie ( )?

What does a Fermata ( )

mean?

What does Forte ( ) mean?

What is Tempo? What does Staccato mean?

What does Legato mean?

What does aTime Signature

( ) tell you?

Music Terms Answer Sheet

Adagio - Adagio is a tempo. Play the music slowly.Andante - Andante is a tempo. Play the music at a walking speed.Allegro - Allegro is a tempo. Play the music fast.Bass Clef - Arr...it shows us where F is on the staff. It is also called F clef.Eighth Note - Shiver me timbers, it gets half a beat.Fermata - Arr... It means to hold the note about twice as long.Fine - Aye, its the Italian word for the finish, or the end of the piece of music.Flat - It lowers the note one-half step.Forte ( f ) Play loud.Half Note - Shiver me timbers, it gets two beats.Half Rest - It gets two beats of rest.Legato - Play the music in a smooth and connected style. (Wind Instruments: Tongue the notes)Mezzo Forte (mf) - Play medium loud, Matey!Mezzo Piano (mp) - Play medium soft, Matey!Moderato - Moderato is a tempo. Play the music at a medium speed.Piano (p) - Play softly.Quarter Note - It gets one beat, you scallywag.Quarter Rest - It gets one beat of rest.Repeat Sign - Go back to the beginning or the last repeat sign.Rit. - Rit. is an abbreviation of Ritardando. It means to gradually play slower.Sharp - It raises the note one-half step.Slur - Play the music in a smooth and connected style. (Wind Instruments: Dont tongue)Staccato - Play the notes short. Staff - There are five lines and four spaces. Swab the deck if you didnt know that one!Tie - Hold the note for the duration of both notes.Tempo Its the Italian word for the speed of the music, Matey!Time Signature - It tells you how many beats there are in each measure and what rhythmic value gets the beat.Treble Clef - Arr...it shows us where G is on the staff. Also called G clef.Viola Clef - Arr...it shows us where C is on the staff. Also called C clef.Whole Note - Shiver me timbers, it gets four beats.