The Big Cheese
Broken Together
Up or down
Sign on the line
Always looking
100
Conductor
Someone who leads the orchestra
100
Melody
The primary pitch or rhythm at that time in the piece
100
Octave
The distance of eight notes, which is usually the same note name, but higher or lower pitch.
100
Key Signature
At the front of the staff to tell you what notes are sharped or flatted in the piece.
100
Composition
A piece of music
200
Transcribe
What is it called when you notate a piece of music from ear.
200
Harmony
The use of simultaneous pitches (tones, notes), or chords. (2nds should know!)
200
Accidental
A sharp, flat, or natural when it is NOT part of the key signature
200
Time Signature
A fraction that is at the beginning of the staff which tells the player how many beats are in a measure and what type of note gets a beat.
200
Pick Up Notes
Notes that are usually before the downbeat of the song.
300
Improvisation
Making up music as you go at that moment.
300
Chord
Two or more notes played together
300
Sharps & Flats
1/2 step up or 1/2 step down
300
Repeat Sign
These two dots can be at the start or end of a section to tell the player to play it again.
300
Notation
Music in written form
400
Arrangement
a piece of music that is not the original but has been altered to someone else's interpretation.
400
Arpeggio
Broken chord
400
Natural
Cancels the previous accidental (flat or sharp) that was used with the note
400
Dotted Note
A special note that is altered so that its value and half of its value are combined together.
400
Ledger Lines
Lines that extend the staff up or down for higher or lower notes.
500
Transpose
What is the term that moves notes up or down by interval called
500
Interval
The distance between two notes.
500
Enharmonic
Two different note names for the same pitch
500
Tied Note
When two notes are in the same place on the staff on the same pitch and there is a line connecting them to add their values together.
500
Timbre
What is tone color or tone quality that differentiates a drum from a saxophone?
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