Music Vocabulary
The word used to describe the louds and softs of music.
What are dynamics?
The musical distance between two pitches.
What is an interval?
What is Italian?
The quarter note is worth this number of beats.
What is 1?
This rest is worth one beat of silence.
What is a quarter rest?
The term or word used to describe music that is played or sung smoothly.
What is legato?
The interval of do to fa.
What is a Perfect Fourth?
The dynamic marking for soft.
What is piano?
The whole note is worth this number of beats.
What is 4?
This rest is worth 2 beats of silence.
What is a half rest?
The term or word used to describe notes that are short or detached.
What is staccato?
The interval from do to re.
What is a Major Second?
The dynamic marking for loud.
What is forte?
The half note is worth this number of beats.
What is 2?
This rest if worth a 1/2 beat of silence.
What is an eighth rest?
The term or word used to describe the way notes should be sung or played. Example: staccato
What is Articulation?
The interval of do to do'.
What is an Octave (or Perfect Eighth)?
The dynamic marking for very soft.
What is pianissimo?
A set of eighth notes is worth this number of beats.
What is 1?
These 2 rests combined are worth one beat of silence.
What are 2 eighth rests?
The term which means the music is getting gradually louder.
What is crescendo?
What is a Major Sixth?
The dynamic marking for medium loud.
What is mezzo forte?
A single eighth note is worth this number of beats.
What is 1/2 beat?
This rest is worth 4 beats of silence.
What is whole rest?