| Term | Definition |
|---|
| staff | set of 5 horizontal lines that music is written on |
| time signature | a pair of numbers at the beginning of the music that tell you how to count |
| pitch | how high or low a note is |
| rest | a silence in music |
| musical alphabet | a, b, c, d, e, f, g, |
| key signature | sharps or flats next to the clef |
| rhythm | a pattern of sounds of particular length |
| bar lines | vertical lines used to organize the staff into measures |
| sharps, flats, naturals | signs changing the pitch of notes |
| transposing | rewriting music in a different pitch |
| phrases | a musical sentence |
| lyrics | words set to music |
| music | organized sound |
| scale | the sequence of notes going up or down in which intervals follow a fixed pattern |
| soprano, alto, tenor, bass | the main type of voices in a choir |
| dynamics | how loud or soft the music is |
| tie | two or more notes of the same pitch joined by a curve line |
| crescendo | to become gradually louder |
| decrescendo | to become gradually softer |
| tempo | the speed of the music |
| largo | very slow |
| adagio | slowly with great expression |
| andante | moving slowly |
| ritardando | gradually slower |
| allegro | lively |
| presto | very fast |
| P (piano) | softly |
| PP (pianissimo) | very softly |
| f (forte) | loud, strong |
| ff (fortissimo) | very loud |
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