Music Terms
Tempo relates to what in music?
Dynamics relates to what in music?
The volume/how loud or soft
This note gets 1 beat
Who was one of Jazz's earliest performers well-known for his gravelly voice?
Louis Armstrong
What genre often contains lyrics about the struggles of life?
blues
What is beat?
Steady pulse
What does piano mean in music vocabulary?
What is soft?
This note gets 4 beats
What is a whole note?
Composer of "Rhapsody in Blue"
George Gershwin
What genre is known for syncopation and improvisation?
Jazz
What is rhythm?
How we organize the notes within the beat
What does mezzoforte mean in music vocabulary?
medium-loud
The value of a half note
What is 2 beats?
She was a singer of blues music in the 1920s
Who is Bessie Smith?
What is one type of instrument found in a jazz band?
piano, brass, woodwinds, percussion
What is the space between two bar lines called?
What does crescendo mean in music vocabulary?
What is gradually get louder?
The value of one eighth note
half of a beat
Composer of Broadway music in the 1920s
Who is Kern Hammerstein?
What is scat singing?
This type of symbol represents the silent space in music
What is a rest?
What is the music vocabulary for gradually getting softer?
Decrescendo
A dot after the note adds how much value?
Half of the value of the note
Who made the 1920s song "Singin' in the Rain" popular when he sang it in a musical production in 1952?
Gene Kelly
sheet music, piano rolls, live shows