Altered Tones
in music, this sign is placed immediately to the left of (or above) a note to show that the note must be changed in pitch. Often a half step up or down.
What is an Accidental
In Western music, this is a sign that shows the second line of a staff (= the five lines on which music is written) is the note G above middle C (= the note C near the middle of the piano keys)
What is the G clef/Treble Clef
In the system of equal temperament tuning used on keyboard instruments, two tones that sound the same but are notated (spelled) differently. Pitches such as F♯ and G♭ both are sounded with the same key on a keyboard instrument.
What are enharmonic spellings
This is the part of a note, usually elliptical in shape, whose placement on the staff indicates the pitch, to which modifications are made that indicate duration
A way for composers to indicate that a passage of music should gradually increase in loudness over time It is also used in non-musical contexts to describe any situation in which volume is increasing.
What is a crescendo
This sign is used to cancel a flat or sharp from either a preceding note or the key signature. It occurs (by default) in key signatures and mentioned only in key signature changes.
What is a natural sign?
This symbol is placed on the fourth line of a staff to indicate that the fourth line of the staff corresponds to the F next below middle C.
What is the F Clef or Bass Clef
These are a measurement between two pitches, either vertically or horizontally. When measuring vertically, we refer to them as harmonic because the two notes sound simultaneously. When measuring horizontally, we refer to them as melodic because the notes occur one after the other.
What are intervals
These are thin, vertical lines that are directly connected to the [note] head, which may point up or down and indicate the voice for polyphonic music written on the same staff.
What is a stem
A dynamic instruction meaning the music should be played loudly.
What is forte
This sign lowers a note by two half steps (two semitones) and alters the pitch of the note to which it is attached as well as any subsequent occurrence of the same note (identical line or space) in the same measure.
What is a Double Flat
This sign defines where middle C4 is, whereas treble clef and bass clef define the note at the interval of a fifth above middle C and below middle C, respectively.
What is the C Clef
A short line added above or below a musical staff for notes that are too high or too low to be placed on the staff.
What is a ledger line
This indication is most often found above specific notes on a staff and indicates that those notes should be performed one octave higher than written. This indication can be used with a dotted line that covers a series of notes to be performed at the octave (above).
What is an ottava sign
A term that means to gradually decrease the loudness. It comes from the Italian word diminuire, which means to diminish. It is opposite to crescendo,
What is a diminuendo
This accidental symbol is placed to the left of a note indicating that the note is to be raised by two half steps (two semitones) and alters the pitch of the note to which it is attached as well as any subsequent occurrence of the same note (identical line or space) in the same measure.
What is a Double sharp
This clef often shows how tenor voice parts are often written, and is very rare. It's essentially a treble clef with “8” or “8va” written below it. It means “read it like a treble clef, but sing the notes one octave lower than written.”
What is the choral tenor clef
The musical note on the first ledger line below the treble staff and the first above the bass staff. One staff is even named after it, and shifts between lines.
What is middle C4
This term means a group of pitches—all pitches related by octave equivalence and enharmonic equivalence . You have probably encountered both of these concepts before, even if not by name.
What is pitch class
A musical direction meaning “to be performed softly”; the opposite of forte
What is piano
Both of these signs either raises or lowers a pitch by a half step. In music, both are symbols written in a key signature at the beginning of a piece of music. When they are not in the key signature, but appear in the sheet music, they are known as accidentals.
What are Flats and Sharps
a pair of five-line staffs connected by a brace that contain the music for a single instrument (such as a piano, xylophone, or harp) Middle C, located near the center of the keyboard, falls in the center.
What is the grand staff
Includes 7 letters. On the staff, each line or space represents a different letter.
What is the musical alphabet
A position of a single sound in the complete range of sound. Sounds are higher or lower according to the frequency of vibration of the sound waves producing them
What is pitch
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