Music 1
BPM
Beats per minute(im pretty sure they are the same amount of syllables, defeating the purpose of a verbal acronym)
Key
a note, can be high or low
Chord
when 2 or more notes are played at a time
Tempo
The speed music is played
Pitch
the frequency of the sound, or hertz
Unison
when 3 or more people play the same note at the same time
Lento
very slow, painfully slow if on the guitar or piano
Quartet
A group of 4 musicians, famously done with four dudes dressed like a candy cane with a hat
Bar
a musical measure, and a place i imagine some musicians go to after a performance
Tonic
First note in a scale or key
Thrill
rapid alternation of two close pitches
Largo
When a piece of music is played at a slow pace
Soprano
highest voice pitch also shares the name of a fictional mafia
Ballad
slow and emotional form of narrative song
MIDI
Musical Instrument Digital Interface
Diminuendo
a hard word to spell where it decreases the volume during a part of the music
Rubato
An instruction to play with freedom, hilariously means stolen when translated to english
Octet
when music is played by 8 people
Vibrato
when the pitch is moved in such a way it feels like its vibrating
Nationalism
musical styles that include national imagery relating to a composer's native country (Kind of an unfortunate word choice)
Sprechstimme
Half spoken half sung syle of singing, just like i gave up half way through the word trying to say it
Ritardando
its an instruction to play slower, as slowly as it took me to figure out how this word is pronounced
Transposition
shifting a piece to a different pitch level
Ostinato
A repeated rhythm
Scherzo
a hard word to pronounce that means a short orchestral piece