Dynamics
This is the term used for singing or playing softly.
What is piano?
This articulation indicates notes should be sung or played in a detached manner and is indicated by a small dot over the top of a note.
What is staccato?
This symbol combines two numbers at the start of the music to indicate the number of beats in a measure and what kind of note gets the beat.
What is the time signature?
This symbol tells you to lower a note by one half step.
What is a flat?
This term tells you to slow down in a piece of music.
What is ritardando, ritard, or rit.?
This is the term used for singing or playing loud.
What is forte?
This articulation term indicates notes should be sung or played smoothly and connected.
What is legato?
These are regular sections of music staff separated by bar lines.
What are measures?
This symbol tells you to raise a note by one half step.
What is a sharp?
This term tells you to speed up in a piece of music.
What is accelerando?
This Italian term can be added to the names for soft or loud dynamics to indicate playing them "medium" loud or soft.
What is mezzo?
This articulation indicates that notes should be sung in a slightly more forceful or "march like" manner.
What is Marcato?
This double bar with two dots tells you a section, phrase, or note should be played more than once.
What is a repeat sign?
This collection of sharps or flats appears at the beginning for music to help establish its tonality.
What is a key signature?
This term means singing without instrumental accompaniment, and means literally "in chapel style."
What is a cappella?
This is what gradually moving from a softer to a louder dynamic is called in music.
What is a crescendo?
This symbol (∧) or this symbol (>) indicate a note should be given more force or emphasis than surrounding notes.
What is an accent mark?
This symbol appears at the beginning of a staff to identify a key note in order to define the pitch of each line and space.
What is a clef?
This is the name for sharp, flat, or natural symbol placed before a note to alter its pitch.
What is an accidental?
This term refers to the difference in pitch between two notes, and serves as the building block of melody and harmony.
This is what gradually going from a louder to a softer dynamic is called in music?
What is a decrescendo or diminuendo?
This is a line (-) over a note that indicates it should be given its full value or slightly longer.
What is tenuto?
This term tells a musician to repeat a section of music starting from a specific sign.
What is dal segno or D.S.?
This symbol cancels a previous sharp or flat.
What is a natural?
This is the process of changing from one key to another within a piece of music.
What is modulation?