The Queen's Meme #68

It's been a long time since I made space for a meme.  I guess I have lots of dungeon time coming up.  Let's see what our Dear Mimi has come up with this week.

Welcome to The Queen's Meme #68.  It's called the Basic Music Theory Meme 101.

It's simple!  Answer the questions and/or identify the following very basic music symbols and tell us what you think they mean.  You can answer correctly (don't peek in the dictionary!) or you can spoof 'em.  

1. What is the symbol above called?

Gosh.  I'm already stumped.  I like music.  But I'm a writer, not a musician.  So I say that those are the lines of a sheet of fresh paper, college ruled and blank, symbolizing the fact that I haven't written a single line of poetry in much too long.

2. Imagine you are playing saxophone and suddenly see the symbol above in your music score. What do you do?

It would truly be miraculous if I were suddenly playing the saxophone and reading a music score.  Now if I were editing one of my stories, I'd probably use such a symbol to denote that a section of what I'd written was crap and needed to be excised.

3. And this ornate object is???

 Well, if you turn it one quarter turn clockwise, it looks like a fancy mustache.

4. Are these two rests equal or unequal in value?

If I jam them together, does that mean I get a longer nap?  Or should I only use one and go for quality over length?

5. Name at least 2 things missing from the Treble and Bass clef shown below that would be seen in an actual piece of music.

I couldn't say.  I'm not being coy.  I really couldn't say because I have no idea.

6. Why is the treble clef above always getting in trouble? What is wrong with it?

I've heard that treble clefs are quite mischievous.

7. What is the name of this note?

It looks like a 4 wood with streamers.

8. What is the key signature in the piece of music below?

 This one should have been easy!  If only Mr Wade had signed the piece, I would have said his was the key signature. 

BONUS! The correct answer will keep you out of the dungeon for awhile.

9.  What is the last note on a piano keyboard?

// = the end

I hope Mimi forgives me!  I don't know anything about reading music, so I played silly with my answers.  But then my answers fell short of real silliness.

Ah well.  Maybe it will still keep me out of the dungeon.

Happy Tuesday!