Rhythms in 4_4
Special Symbols
Dynamics
Notation Terms
Notation Tricks
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What is a quarter note?

A single beat. Worth 1.

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What is a repeat sign?

Two thicker "barlines" with two dots around a section of music. Play that section again.

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What does piano "p" mean?

The Italian term for soft?

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What is Legato?

play smoothly from note to note.

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Who comosed this music ?

What is 8vb?

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What is a half rest?

A silence for 2 beats.

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Looks like a cursive "S" with a slash and two lines. You go back to here after a D.S. al Coda; but before you go to the actual Coda.

What is the "Sign"?

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What does forte "f" mean?

The Italian term for loud?

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What is Staccato?

Put space between notes. Sharply, detached 

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Who comosed this music ?

What is Unison?

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What is a dotted half note?

A note that lasts for 3 beats.

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What is a grace note?A tiny note attached to a regular sized note. Affects the way you sing that word. An ornament.

A tiny note attached to a regular sized note. Affects the way you sing that word. An ornament. 

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What is mezzo forte "mf"?

The Italian term for medium loud.

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To sing all together.
What is Tutti
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Who comosed this music ?

What is a turn?

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What is an eighth rest?

A silence that is 1/2 of a count.

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A diagonal line following a note. May go up or down. Stylistic change.

What is a slide?

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What is Fortissimo "ff"?

Means to get softer.

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What is dolce?

To sing/play sweetly.

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Who comosed this music ?

What is a tie?

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What is a dotted quarter note, eighth note, and dotted half note?

What 3 notes fulfill this math problem. 1.5 - .5 + 3 = a whole note

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What is Da Capo?Not a repeat sign but tells you to go back to the top of the piece. Two words. D.C.

Not a repeat sign but tells you to go back to the top of the piece. Two words. D.C.

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What is decrescendo? 

to play softer gradually 

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What is Marcato?

To sing with emphasis. 

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Who comosed this music ?

What is syncopation?

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