Basic Music Vocabulary
A sequence of musical notes arranged in any order to make a definitive "sound" or "tune" for a piece.
What is a "melody"?
the combination of musical notes played at the same time to create a chord/ textured sound.
What is the "harmony"?
This clef is also known as the treble clef
What is "G clef"?
This rest gets 1 beat of silence.
What is a quarter rest?
This term represents how far we need to jump from note to note. Hint: starts with an "I"
what are "Intervals"?
the pattern of sounds and silence in music. When music stops and starts/how it sounds when it does.
What is "rhythm"?
This part of music notation appears at the beginning of every song, after the clef, and contains 2 numbers.
What is the time signature?
What kind of note receives half of a beat in 4/4 time?
What is an eighth note?
This kind of rest receives two beats of silence.
What is the half rest?
What is a key signature?
the elements that describe how loud or quiet a part of music needs to be.
What is "dynamics"?
This symbol may appear anywhere in a piece of music. It has two dots and two lines - 1 thin line and 1 thick line.
What is the repeat sign?
This rest receives 4 beats of silence
What is a whole rest?
This key has NO sharps or flats.
What is key of C Major?
the speed or pace of a song/piece of music.
What is tempo?
These two symbols lower and raise a pitch. They also help determine the key signature at the beginning of a piece.
What are sharps and flats?
What kind of note receives quarter of a beat in 4/4 time?
What is a 16th note?
This rest receives half a beat of silence.
What is an eighth note rest?
This key signature has one sharp.
What is G Major?