This KS2 Music quiz takes a look at reading music. Reading music is knowing the symbols used in written music.
People have been singing and making music for much longer than they have been writing music down. Many musicians learn to play instruments without ever learning to read music. Having a special way to write music down on paper helped musicians to share new songs and was the only way to preserve music before sound recording equipment was invented.
Playing a tune without reading music is called 'playing by ear'. If you know how the tune goes, such as the song Happy Birthday To You, then you may be able to play it by recognising the next note - why not give it a go?!
See what you have learned about reading music by trying this quiz.
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Music cannot be written in the same way as a poem or story - people have invented a large number of symbols to represent the different sounds possible in music. Understanding these symbols is what we mean by 'reading' music
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Piano music is written on two staves, usually one for the treble clef and one for the bass clef - this is called a Grand Stave
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Names for musical notes are A, B, C, D, E, F, G. After G comes A again! All of these notes can be sharp, flat or natural
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The first two letters 'de' might have given you a clue here
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From bottom to top, the lines on the treble clef stave represent these notes: E, G, B, D, F
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From bottom to top, the lines on the bass clef stave represent these notes: G, B, D, F, A
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Even music includes silence sometimes!
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Minim is a Latin word
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A semiquaver is half a quaver, rather like a semicircle is half a circle
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As long as you know what a repeat sign looks like, you'll know to 'repeat' the music
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