Dynamics
Marked f in the music. In English, it means loud.
What is Forte?
Different notes connected by a curved line. Only the first note is tongued unless you are a trombone player.
What is a slur??
Gets four counts of sound in music.
What is a whole note?
Song #1
What is Uptown Funk??
In music, notes are written on either lines or spaces. There are five lines and four spaces.
What is a staff?
Gradually get louder.
What is a crescendo?
Notes are typically played short and crisp. Marked with a dot above or below the note.
What is a staccato?
Gets two counts of silence in music.
Song #2
What is Old Town Road?
When you see this, you typically need to play the music again for two or more times.
What is a repeat sign?
Gradually get softer.
What is a decrescendo?
Same notes connected by a curved line. You play it as one longer note or one unbroken note.
What is a tie?
Gets 1.5 counts of sound in music. An eighth note is usually right after it.
What is a dotted quarter note?
Song #3
What is Happy?
You usually see this at the beginning of the staff. It tells you how many beats are in each measure.
What is a time signature?
Marked pp in music. In English, it means very soft.
What is pianissimo?
Notes are emphasized. Marked by a look-a-like greater than sign above or below the note.
What is an accent?
Gets 0.5 counts each. Two of them fit in one beat.
What is eighth notes?
Song #4
What is Don't Stop Believin'?
This tells you what is flat, sharp, or natural throughout the entire piece of music. This is located in between the clef and time signature.
What is a key signature?
Marked ff in music. In English it means very loud.
What is fortissimo?
Notes are played by tonguing smoothly and played for its full count.
What is a tenuto?
Each of these notes gets 0.25 counts of sound. Four of these will fit in one beat.
What are sixteenth notes?
Song #5
What is Bohemian Rhapsody?
What is a fermata?