Musical Vocab
What is the speed of music called?
Tempo
Rhythm sounds like?
pencil tapping a pattern to the beat
What connects the notes smoothly? (Italian)
Legato
Get gradually louder
Crescendo
Fast, quick, and bright
Allegro
Rhythm LOOKS like?
the musical alphabet
What detaches/ separates notes?
Staccato
How high or low the notes you choose for a melody?
Pitch
“Piano” is a dynamic marking that tells us to play
Softly
What is the (Italian) word for moderately fast?
Allegro
What is the most basic component of rhythm?
The beat
A small repetitive melodic idea is called a?
Motif
Forte is a dynamic marking that tells us to play
Loudly
Italian term for extremely slow
Larghissimo
How do you call the beat that occurs at the beginning of a measure?
The downbeat
What is a way of gliding or flowing from one note to the next?
Glissando
The notes you choose from for a melody?
Pitch
What is the Italian term for very, very soft
Pianississimo
What dose the dot mean?
increases the duration of that note by half.
Indicates a sudden, strong accent on a single note or chord.
Sforzando
Universal melodic scale that every music system shares?
Major