Music Vocab

Dynamics

100

Loudness or softness of music

Dynamics

200

This term means "soft"

Piano

300

This term means "loud"

Forte

400

This term means "moderately soft"

Mezzopiano

500

This term means "moderately loud"

Mezzoforte

Writing Music

100

Someone who writes music

Composer

200

To write music

Compose

300

Music written by a composer

Composition

400

The language that most music terms are in

Italian

500

A grouping of music all written by the same composer that have to do with a specific topic (HINT: The Planets)

Suite

Basic Elements

100

The speed of music

Tempo

200

Pattern of silences and sounds in time

Rhythm

300

Steady pulse rhythm

Beat

400

The highness or lowness of a note

Pitch

500

Created when 2 or more sounds of different pitches are played together

Harmony

Types of Notes

100

Note that is worth 1 beat

Quarter Note

200

Note that is worth 2 beats

Half Note

300

Note that is worth 4 beats

Whole Notes

400

Note that is worth 1/2 beats

Eighth Note 

500

Note that is worth 1/4 beats

Sixteenth Note

General

100

Created by an object vibrating

Sound

200

What you hear out of

Ear

300

Religious music

Sacred

400

Non-religious music

Secular

500

BTW this question is really hard; What is another name for a sixty-fourth note

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