Vocabulary
This notation represents the treble and bass staves joined together.
What is the grand staff?
Name the loud dynamics.
What is Mezzo-forte (medium loud), forte (loud), and fortissimo (very loud).
Prestissimo is...
What is very fast?
Emphasize the note (a musical exclamation point ! ! !)
What is accent?
This key has 0 sharps (#) or flats (b).
What is the key of C.
A small line added to the note when it is above or below the staff.
What is ledger line?
To gradually get louder.
What is crescendo?
What is to gradually get faster?
What is accelerando?
Short and separated (detached)
What is staccato?
This key has 1 sharp (#).
What is G major?
This note joins the treble and bass staff together. It is a note located on a ledger line between the staves.
What is middle C?
What is Tempo?
How fast or slow the music is performed?
What is to gradually slow down?
What is ritardando?
Smooth and connected
What is Legato?
This key has 1 flat (b).
What is F major?
What is dynamics?
How loud/quiet the music is performed?
To gradually get softer.
What is decrescendo?
When you hold a note longer than normal.
What is fermata?
A curved line that connects two notes of the same pitch.
What is a tie?
This key has 2 sharps (##).
What is D major?
Name all the the dynamics that have quiet in its name. The quiet dynamics.
Pianissimo, piano, and mezzo-piano.
What are the vocabulary words that we use for slow and fast?
What is adagio and presto?
How we accent, detach, hold, or connect the notes in music
What is articulation?
A curved line that connects notes of different pitches.
What is a slur?
This key has 3 sharps (###).
What is A major?