INTERVALS, ASCENDING
POTPOURRI
NOTES
RESTS
VOCABULARY
100

a D to an E

WHAT IS A MAJOR SECOND OR WHOLE STEP?

100

THE HIGHNESS OR LOWNESS OF A SOUND

WHAT IS PITCH?

100

THE NOTE THAT GETS 1 BEAT IN 4/4 TIME

WHAT IS A QUARTER NOTE?

100

2 BEATS OF SILENCE IN 4/4 TIME

WHAT IS A HALF REST?

100

A SMALL DOT ABOVE A NOTE

WHAT IS STACCATO?

200

a D to an Eb

WHAT IS A MINOR SECOND OR HALF STEP?

200

THE DISTANCE BETWEEN 2 BAR LINES

WHAT IS A MEASURE?

200

THIS NOTE GETS 2 BEATS IN 4/4 TIME

WHAT IS A HALF NOTE?

200

A WHOLE REST MINUS A DOTTED HALF REST EQUALS THIS

WHAT  IS A QUARTER REST?

200

THIS ITALIAN WORD MEANS TO SLOW DOWN GRADUALLY

WHAT IS A RITARD OR RALLANTANDO?

300

a C to an F

WHAT IS A PERFECT FOURTH?

300

A symbol the gives context to the staff, indicates a set of pitches

WHAT IS A CLEF?

300

THIS NOTE GETS 3 BEATS IN 4/4 TIME

WHAT IS A DOTTED QUARTER NOTE?

300

THIS REST EQUALS 3 EIGHTH NOTES

WHAT IS A DOTTED QUARTER REST?

300

THIS MEANS TO GO BACK TO THE BEGINNING OF THE PIECE AND PLAY UNTIL ANOTHER ITALIAN WORD SAYS TO STOP

WHAT IS DC. al FINE?

IN ITALIAN, DA CAPO AL FINE

400

a G to a D

WHAT IS A PERFECT FIFTH?

400

THE DISTANCE OR SPACE BETWEEN TWO NOTES

WHAT IS AN INTERVAL?

400

2 OF THESE EQUAL A QUARTER NOTE

WHAT IS AN EIGHTH NOTE?

400

THIS REST EQUALS 3 QUARTER NOTES

WHAT IS A DOTTED HALF REST?

400

THE STEADY UNDERLYING PULSE IN MUSIC

WHAT IS THE BEAT?

500

a D to a B

WHAT IS A MAJOR 6TH?

500

LETTERS THAT MEAN TO PLAY VERY LOUDLY

WHAT IS ff?   (FORTISSIMO)

500

4 OF THESE EQUAL A QUARTER NOTE

WHAT IS A SIXTEENTH NOTE?

500

IF YOU WANT SILENCE DURING ONE WHOLE MEASURE IN 3/4 TIME YOU WOULD WRITE THIS REST

A DOTTED HALF REST

500

THE SHORTNESS OR LENGTH OF THE NOTES YOU ARE PLAYING

WHAT IS RHYTHM?

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