This type of motion occurs when two voices move in opposite directions.
What is Contrary Motion?
Three notes stacked together are called this.
What is a triad?
This is the term used when the same note is played or sung again.
What is a repeat?
This is what BPM stands for.
What is Beats Per Minute?
This clef marks G above middle C; the higher notes; used by flute and violin players.
What is the G-clef or Treble clef?
This type of motion occurs when one voice stays the same and the other moves.
What is Oblique Motion?
This is a musical part that supports (or partners) a solo instrument, voice, or group.
What is accompaniment?
This is the difference between a skip and a leap in music.
A skip jumps one note; a leap jumps more than one.
Which is faster: Allegro or Andante?
What is Allegro?
This symbol tells you to hold a note longer than written.
What is a Fermata?
This is specific type of similar motion that moves in the same direction by the same interval.
What is Parallel Motion?
These are the three names given to the notes in a triad.
What are root, third, and fifth?
Describe a countermelody.
What is a second melody that adds harmony and interest to the main melody?
This is what rallentando means.
What is gradually slowing down?
This symbol looks like a comma and means "pause for breath".
What is a Breath Mark?
These are the four types of harmonic motion represented by COSP.
What are Contrary, Oblique, Similar, and Parallel?
This is a group of different notes played at the same time.
What is a chord?
Give an example of a step using note letters.
Step: C-D (goes up or down to the very next note)
This is the tempo term which means very, very slow.
What is Grave?
This symbol connects two notes of the same pitch.
What is a Tie?
This type of motion occurs when both voices move in the same direction—both up (by step or leap) or both down (by step or leap).
What is Similar Motion?
This is a pattern that repeats.
What is an ostinato?
Give an example of a leap using note letters.
Leap: C-G
This is what -issimo means in tempo and dynamic terms.
What is -issimo = more/extreme/intensified?
This symbol indicates a note or phrase should be played "short and detached".
What is a staccato?