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Tempo

What is the speed of the music, the steady beat?

100

Five lines and four spaces to organize and write music on.

What is the staff?

100

The symbol that connects notes of different pitches into a smooth and connected manner (legato).

What is a slur?

100

Draw/Label:

All Three accidentals.

What is Flat, Sharp, and Natural?

100

The order (bottom to top) of the treble clef lines and spaces?

What is E,G,B,D,F (lines) and F,A,C,E (spaces)?

100

The difference between a tie and a slur?

What is a tie goes over notes of the same pitch and slur goes over notes with different pitches.

200

Harmony

What is when two or more pitches are sounded at the same time?

200

Two or more parts, of the same thing, that start.. at different times...

What is a canon?

200

The definition of Pitch

What is the highness or lowness of note or sound?

200

Draw:

A time signature that gets 3 beats in a measure and the quarter note gets the beat.

What is 3/4?

200

The order of the lines and spaces of bass clef (bottom to top)

What is G,B,D,F,A (lines) and A,C,E,G (spaces).

200

The ability to perform with appropriate timbre, intonation, diction, correct pitches, rhythm, and tempo.

What is Technical accuracy

300

Syncopation

What is the accents of the beat?

300
symbols that indicate the VOLUME of the music.

What are Dynamics?

300

How long a  note should sound.

What is Duration?

300

Draw:

A note whose duration lasts for half a beat.

What is an eighth note? 

300

Order the vocal ranges from lowest to highest.

What is Bass, Baritone, Tenor, Alto, Soprano?

300

Conveying emotions, thoughts and ideas through dynamics, tempo, timbre, articulation, and phrasing.

What is Expressive Qualities

400

A cappella 

What is singing without instrumental accompaniment?

400

A repeated pattern that goes along with a melody.

What is an ostinato?

400

The pattern of short and long sounds.

What is Rhythm?

400

Draw:

Two 4/4 measures that counts 1- 3 4& | 1& (2) 3 4& ||

What is 

400

The order of dynamic markings from loudest to softest.

What is FF, F, MF, MP, P, PP?

400

The general time period  and external influences of a piece of music. Ex: Composer's life, period instruments, political happenings of the time.

What is Context

500

Key signature

What is combinations of sharps or flats after the clef at the beginning of each stave, indicating the key of a composition.

500

A symbol that means to be held.

What is a Fermata?

500

What is the vocabulary and draw at least 2!

The stress or emphasis added to a note or set of notes.

Accents

ex: tenuto, long accent, short accent, staccato

500
Draw:

A measure of quarter notes spelling CADE.

What is 

500
The order of guitar strings 1-6.

What is E,B,G,D,A,E? (Easter Bunnies Go Dancing At Easter)

500

The step in the musical process during which musical ideas are realized and transmitted to a listener. (ie. playing)

What is performance