Articulation
Tempo
Dynamics
Signs and Symbols
Misc.
100

Fundamental music term that determines how a single note or other discrete event is sounded.

What is Articulation?
100

The speed a piece is played

What is Tempo?

100

Louds and Softs in a piece

What is Dynamics?

100

Symbol at the start of the staff that indicates pitch

What is Clef?
100

silence for a duration of time

What is Rest?

200

Shortening of a note

What is Staccato?

200

Rapid Tempo

What is Presto?

200

Loud Dynamic

What is Forte?
200

This tells us what notes to play with sharps or flats throughout the entire piece

What is Key or Key Signature?

200

Tension or Clash

What is Dissonance?

300

Stress or special emphasis on a beat

What is Accent?

300

at Walking pace

What is Andante?

300

Soft Dynamic

What is Piano?

300

A pause of unspecified length on a note or rest

What is Fermata?

300

the way in which a player applies the mouth to the mouthpiece

What is Embouchure?
400

Playing every note between two notes in a continuous slide

What is Glissando?
400

To get Gradually Faster

What is Accelerando?

400

Gradually increasing sound

What is Crescendo?

400

Musical notation to specify how many beats are contained in each measure

What is Time Signature?

400

A group of notes in a passage that make up a musical idea

What is Phrase?

500

Playing several different notes in a row without tonguing

What is Slur?

500

To Decrease in volume and Slow down

What is Diminuendo?

500

Gradually decreasing sound

What is Decrescendo?

500

a passage that brings a piece to an end

What is Coda?

500

Pitch accuracy of a musician or musical instrument

What is Intonation?

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