The Grand Staff
a group of beats
What is a measure?
soft and quiet
What is piano?
four of these equal the same duration of a whole note
What is a quarter note?
allows you to sustain notes
What is the damper pedal?
when you have no music in front of you and play whatever comes to mind
What is improvisation?
divides measures
What is a bar line?
loud
What is forte?
list four different note durations (must draw too)
What are whole, half, quarter, eighth, and/ or sixteenth notes?
a symbol that indicates you should hold a note out longer than usual (draw symbol too)
What is a fermata?
the amount of notes that make up a triad and a seventh chord
What are 3 and 4?
repeats a specific amount of measures (must draw too)
What is a repeat sign?
word the means moderately
What is mezzo?
list four different rest durations (must draw too)
What are whole, half, quarter, eighth, and/ or sixteenth rests?
means smooth and connected sound
What is legato?
What is harmony?
the note that is in the center of the grand staff and the center of the piano key board
What is middle C?
words that represents getting gradually softer or louder in music (draw symbols too)
What are decrescendo and crescendo?
notes with a symbol that have one and a half times the length of the same note without a certain symbol beside it
a gradual slowing of the music
What is ritardando (rit.)?
wrote the song "Piano Man"
Who is Billy Joel?
the symbols at the front of the start of the grand staff (state both names and draw the symbols)
What are the treble and bass clefs?
another word for decrescendo
What is diminuendo?
the duration of a dotted eight note
What is 3/4 of a beat?
demonstrate solfege hand symbols and names
What is Do, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La, Ti, Do?
what the solfege of mi looks like in a minor key
What is Me?