Basic Vocabulary!
This is the steady pulse you feel in music, like a heartbeat.
What is beat?
This note is held for 4 beats.
What is a whole note?
What is the 2nd solfège syllable going up to Sol?
Remember that when the pitches get higher, it is called ascending.
What is RE?
This dynamic means soft
What is piano?
This word describes how your voice sounds.
What is tone?
These are patterns of long and short sounds in music.
What is rhythm?
This note is held for 1 beat.
What is a quarter note?
What is the 3rd solfège syllable going down to Sol?
Remember that when the pitches get lower, it is called descending.
What is LA?
This dynamic means loud.
What is forte?
This is what you use to produce a good sound.
What is technique?
This describes how high or low a sound or note is.
What is pitch?
This note is held for 2 beats.
What is a half note?
Listen to the pattern played on the piano and name the solfège.
What is Do Re Mi Fa So?
This word means medium, and is used in dynamics like mezzo piano and mezzo forte
What is mezzo?
This shows that you know and understand the music.
What is musical understanding?
This tells how loud or soft the music is
What are dynamics?
This note is held for 3 beats.
What is a dotted half note?
Listen to the pattern played on the piano and name the solfège.
What is Do Ti La So?
This means the music gradually gets louder or softer.
Name one way to show good technique.
Accepted answers include:
This is how fast or slow the music is
What is Tempo?
Two of these notes equal 1 beat. We SAY 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and when sightreading in 4/4
What is an eighth note?
This is another name for the tonic triad.
It uses pitches Do Mi So Mi Do So Do
What is the pitch ladder?
These dynamics mean very soft and very loud.
What are pianissimo and fortissimo
Name one way to show musical understanding.
Accepted answers include: