Rhythm
Pitch
Terms & Symbols
Sight Singing
Odds & Ends
100
The steady pulse of all music.
What is Beat?
100
How high or low each note sounds.
What is pitch?
100
A set of two barlines that indicate the end of a piece or section of music.
What is double barline?
100
A symbol placed above or below a given note that indicates the note should receive extra emphasis or stress.
What is accent>?
100
The combination of three or more notes played or sung at the same time.
What is chord?
200
A note that represents one beat of sound.
What is quarter note?
200
Series of five horizantal lines and four spaces on which notes are written.
What is staff?
200
A symbol that indicates that a section of music should be repeated.
What is repeat sign?
200
do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti.
What is solfege syllables?
200
A symbol that lowers the pitch of a given note one half step
What is flat?
300
A way of organinzing rhythm.
What is Meter?
300
A group of notes that are sung or played in succession and are based on a particular home tone or keynote.
What is scale?
300
A vertical line that groups notes and rests together.
What is barline?
300
A scale that has Do as its home tone, or keynote.
What is major scale?
300
A symbol that raises the pitch of a given note one half step.
What is sharp?
400
The set of numbers at the beginning of a piece of music.
What is time signature?
400
Determined by its home tone or keynote.
What is key?
400
The space between two barlines.
What is measure?
400
A note that represents two beats of silence when the quarter note recieves the beat.
What is half rest?
400
A symbol that cancels a previous sharp or flat, or a sharp or flat in a key signature.
What is natural?
500
>four beats per measure. >the quarter note receives the beat
What is 4/4 meter?
500
Symbol at the beginning of the staff that indicates which lines and spaces represent which notes.
What is clef?
500
A staff that is created when two staves are joined together.
What is grand staff?
500
Symbols in music used to indicate how loud or soft to sing.
What is dynamics?
500
(Another name for a altered pitch) any sharp, flat or natural that isn't included in the key signature of a piece of music
What is accidental?