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 wrote Star Wars
John Williams
A Mark that tells players to hold a note or rest longer than its value.
Fermata
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?
Who wrote Symphony No. 9 Ode to Joy
Beethoven
What genre of music 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?
Who is the first American Composer on our classroom's timeline?
John Phillip Sousa
What is the barline called that tells you to play music over again
Repeat barline
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
What Classical composer only lived 35 years?
Mozart
What shows the beat and note structure of the music
Time signature
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 is the king of Fugues? (Hint it is a Baroque composer)
Bach
What shows the number of sharps or flats that are in the music?
Key signature