Note Values
Rest Values
Dynamics
Music Symbols
Articulations
100
Receives 1 beat of sound.
What is a quarter note?
100
Receives one beat of silence.
What is a quarter rest?
100
Soft
What is piano?
100

Tells you how many beats in a measure

What is time signature?

100
Short and disconnected.
What is staccato?
200
Receives four beats of sound.
What is a whole note?
200
Receives two beats of silence.
What is a half rest?
200
Moderately loud
What is mezzo forte?
200

Tells you what is flat, sharp, or natural in the music

What is key signature?

200
Smooth and connected (no tongue)
What is slurring?
300
Receives 3 beats of sound.
What is a dotted half note?
300
Receives 4 beats of silence.
What is a whole rest?
300
Moderately soft
What is mezzo piano?
300

Has 5 lines and 4 spaces

What is staff?

300
An emphasis to the front side of a note.
What is an accent?
400
Receives half a beat of sound.
What is an eighth note?
400
Receives half a beat of silence.
What is an eighth rest?
400
Gradually getting louder.
What is a crescendo?
400

separates each measure

What is barline?

400
Holding a note until the director cuts it off.
What is a fermata?
500
Receives a beat and a half of sound.
What is a dotted quarter note?
500
Receives one fourth a beat of silence.
What is a sixteenth rest.
500

gradually getting softer

What is decrescendo?

500

curved line that connects two different notes

What is slur

500
Marked emphasis for full value of the note.
What is marcato?
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