Rhythm
Type of note worth 1 beat
What is a quarter note?
Baroque composer who loved to teach and wrote new music for his church each week
What is Bach?
The term for the speed of a piece in music
What is tempo?
Scale with five notes
What is a pentascale?
soft
What is piano?
Type of note that is worth 2 beats
What is a half note?
Classical composer who was a child prodigy and spent all of his money before he died
Who is Mozart?
Smooth, connected playing
Major pentascales with only white keys
What is C major and G major?
Loud
What is forte?
Type of note that is worth 4 beats
What is a whole note?
Romantic composer who permanently injured his hand by trying to "stretch" his pinky finger
Schumann
Short, detached notes
Scale with 8 notes
What is a one octave scale?
What is crescendo?
Type of note that is worth 1/2 a beat
What is an eighth note?
Romantic composer who had a humongous ego, thought he was very handsome; because of him pianists have to memorize all of their music and play sideways
Who is Liszt?
Type of marking that connects different notes, producing legato playing
What is a slur?
White key major pentascale with 2 black keys
What is E major
Growing softer
What is decrescendo?
Type of note that is worth 3 beats
What is a dotted half note?
Classical composer who wrote Ode to Joy and lost his hearing
What is Beethoven?
Type of line that connects two of the same notes, producing an extra-long note
What is a slur?
Playing multiple notes at one time
What is a chord?
Language that dynamic terms are written in
What is Italian?