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Definitions
Properties of Music
Rhythm
Italian Words
Name that Note
100
Sounds that are organized in time.
What is music?
100
The 1st property of musical sounds. How high or low a sound is.
What is pitch?
100
A regular repeating pulse in music.
What is beat?
100
The Italian word for "soft".
What is piano?
100
Symbol that shows were the notes go the staff. Also known as the "G" clef.
What is the treble clef?
200
Music on the radio, TV commercials, and Movie music.
What is short-lived music?
200
The 2nd property of musical sounds. How loud or soft a sound is.
What are dynamics?
200
The organization of beats into regular groups.
What is meter?
200
The Italian word for loud?
What is forte?
200
Note found on the bottom line of the staff.
What is E?
300
What every sound starts with.
What are vibrations?
300
The 3rd property of musical sounds. How we tell the difference between a flute and a trumpet, even when they are playing the same notes.
What is tone color? Or, what is timbre?
300
To play a note louder than the other notes around it. Symbol looks like >
What is an accent
300
The Italian prefix for moderate or medium.
What is mezzo?
300
Note found in the second space of the staff.
What is "A"?
400
The organized flow of music through time.
What is rhythm?
400
The 4th property of musical sounds. Also known as duration.
What is rhythm?
400
The speed of the beat. How fast or slow the music is.
What is tempo?
400
The abbreviation for moderately loud.
What is mf?
400
The only note who's stem can go either up or down.
What is "B"?
500
Made up of 5 lines and 4 spaces. It's what we write music on.
What is a staff?
500
To get you to buy more stuff.
Why do stores in the mall play music?
500
When an accent falls on a beat that we don't expect.
What is syncopation?
500
Italian suffix that means "very".
What is "issimo"?
500
Last letter of the musical alphabet.
What is "G"?