Musical Terms
What is form in music?
How music is organized
What does piano mean?
Soft
How many beats does a quarter note get?
One
What is improvisation?
Creating music without planning
What does forte mean?
Loud
How many beats does an eighth note get?
1/2
What type of note gets two beats in music?
Half note
When you see an mp in music, what does that mean?
Mezzo piano (medium soft)
What do we always call the first section of music?
A
What gets one beat of silence in music?
Quarter rest
When you see a mf in music, what does that mean?
Mezzo forte (medium loud)
If the second section of music is different, what do we call that section?
B
What do we call a repeating rhythm pattern?
Ostinato
What type of notes do we say "do-duh-day-duh" on?
Sixteenth notes
A thick texture in music has ______ parts?
A thin texture in music has ______ parts?
Many
Fewer