Pirate's Booty
This describes how you attack a note.
What is articulation?
This is one beat of silence in 4/4 time.
What is a quarter rest?
This is the Italian word for "soft".
What is piano?
6 beats in a measure, the 8th note gets the beat.
What is 6/8?
This sign tells you to stop and pause until the director continues.
What is caesura?
Play the note short and stressed.
What is marcato?
This is a half beat of silence in 3/4 time.
What is an eighth rest?
This is the Italian word for "loud".
What is forte?
4 beats in the measure, quarter gets the beat.
What is 4/4 time?
The Italian word of a medium tempo.
What is moderato?
play the note smooth and connected
What is legato?
What is a whole rest?
This is the Italian word for "medium".
What is mezzo?
3 beats in a measure, the quarter note gets the beat.
What is 3/4?
When dynamics are adjusted so that more prominent parts are heard over the accompaniment.
What is balance?
Play the note short.
What is staccato?
This rest sits on the line.
What is a half rest?
What is cresendo?
2 beats in a measure, the 16th note gets the beat
What is 2/16 time?
When everything that is assigned to the beat, happens within that beat you have good...
What is vertical alignment?
When 2 different pitches are played consecutively without rearticulating.
What is a slur?
This provides a half measure of silence in 2/4 time.
What is a quarter rest?
To get louder then get softer.
What are hair pin dynamics?
Five beats in a measure and the the quarter gets the beat.
What is 5/4 time?
The Italian phrases for first tempo.