Rhythms and Scales
Tempo Terms and Key Signature
Dynamic Music Terms
Other Music Terms
Mystery
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What is a beat?
A beat is a regular pulsation or a basic unit of length in Musical Time
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What is a key signature?
Sharps or flats placed at the beginning of the song to show the key of a work.
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What are dynamics?
An element of musical expression relating to the degree of loud or softness.
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What is an accent?
The emphasis on a beat (results in the beats being louder or longer than others)
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What does espressivo mean?
expressively
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What is a down beat?
The first beat of a measure, the strongest in any meter
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What is a key?
It defines the relationship of tones with a common center or tonic
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What is crescendo?
The dynamic affect of of gradually growing louder indicated by - <
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What is a chord?
A chord is a simultaneous combination of three or more tones that constitute a single block of harmony.
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What is a half step?
The smallest interval, the octave divides into twelve such intervals
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What is contrast? - What does it do?
Contrast of Musical materials sustains the interest of the audience - provides variety
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What does a tempo mean?
Return to the previous tempo.
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What does forte mean?
loud
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What does chromatic mean?
Chromatic means a melody or harmony built from many(or all 12) of an octave.
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What is harmony?
The simultanous combination of notes and the ensuing relationships of intervals and chords.
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What does a flat sign indicate?
lowering a pitch by a semitone
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What is legato?
Smooth and connected - opposite of staccato
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What is a decrescendo (diminuendo)?
What is The dynamic effect of gradually growing softer. Indicated by >
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What is a Compound Meter?
It is a meter in which each beat is subdivided into three rather than two.
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What does diatonic mean?
a melody or harmony built from seven tones of a scale (There are also diatonic scales)
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What is an interval?
The distance and relationship between two pitches.
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What does maestoso mean?
majestic
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What does fortissimo mean?
very loud
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What is embouchure?
Embouchure is the placement of the lips, lower facial muscles and jaws.
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What is a major scale
A collection of seven different pitches ordered in specific pattern of whole and half steps
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