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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 staff | The 5 lines and 4 spaces used to notate music. |
| beat | The pulse of the music |
| bar line | Divides the staff into measures |
| measure | the space between two bar lines |
| double bar line | Tells you the music is finished. |
| repeat sign | repeat the music within the double bar lines |
| G clef | Another name for Treble Clef. |
| F clef | another name for bass clef |
| EGBDF | The lines on treble staff |
| FACE | THE space of the treble clef |
| GBDFA | lines on bass staff |
| ACEG | The space of the bass clef |
| time signature | tells how many beats are in each measure and what kind of note gets one beat |
| sharp | raise pitch by half step |
| flat | lower by half step |
| natural | cancels a sharp or flat |
| key signature | tells you which notes to play sharp or flat |
| accidental | is a sharp, flat or natural that occurs in the music and changes the key signature for the rest of the measure. |
| whole NOTE | 4 BEATS OF SOUNDS |
| dotted half NOTE | 3 BEAT OF SOUNDS |
| half note | 2 beat of sound |
| quater note | 1 beat of sound |
| eighth note | 1/2 beat of sound |
| sixteenth note | 1/4 of sound |
| whole rest | 4 beats of silence |
| half rest | 2 beats of silence |
| eighth rest | 1/2 beat of silence |
| sixteenth rest | 1/4 of a beat of silence |
| phrase | A musical sentence |
| breath mark | a mark at the end of a phrase, telling you owhen to take a breath |
| duet | n. A composition for two instruments. |
| fermata | hold the note longer than its normal value |
| bird's eye | is also called a fermata |
| harmony | when two or more notes are played at the same time. |
| Pick-up-notes | are beats borrowed from the last measure and put at the beginning of a song. |
| dynamics | tells you how loud or soft to play |
| forte (F) | means to play strong (loud) |
| Mezzo Forte (MF) | Means to play medium strong (medium strong) |
| piano (p) | means to play soft |
| Crescendo | start soft gradually getting louder |
| decrescendo | start strong gradually getting softer |
| diminuendo | another word for decrescendo |
| tempo | speed of music |
| allegro | Fast tempo |
| Moderato | means to play at a medium speed |
| Andante | play slow |
| D.C. al Fine | return to the beginning and play to fine |
| D.C. | mean Da Capo |
| Fine | The End |
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