Time Signature
Musical Theatre
Terms
100

Top number

Number of beats per measure

100

Musical Theatre is also called

Musicals

100

Syncopation

Off the beat

200

Bottom number

beat value

200

Composer

Writes the notes and rhythms in music

200

Ostinato

Repeated Pattern

300

4/4

4 quarter notes per measure


300

Lyricist

Writes the lyrics or words to music

300

Repertoire

Collection of songs

400

3/4

three quarter notes per measure


400

Where originated?

Ancient Greece

400

Bar line

Lines in the measure that tells us to start back at beat 1

500

2/4

2 quarter notes per measure

500

When originated?

5 BC

500

Measure

Bar line to bar line

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