1st Semester Final Flashcards
Bass clef
The sign on a staff which is used to indicate notes of lower pitch
A lime through the line of the staff that divides music into measures
Barline
A regularly repeating pulsation in music
Beat
Performance of a single melody by 2 or more voices beginning at different times
Canon
4-4 time. 4 beats in each measure the quarter note receives one beat.
Common meter
Indicates the end of the piece or section.
Double baseline
Pattern or repeated and contrasting sections in a musical piece.
Form
A musical tone that is held for 2 beats in common meter
Half note
A rest for 2 beats
Half rest
2 or more different lines if music at the same time
Harmony
Distance between 2 bar lines
Measure
A tune, the predominate line of music
Melody
Sound made by slapping a thigh
Patsch
Musical instruments played by striking
Percussion
One beat
Quarter note
A rest for 1 beat
Quarter rest
A period of silence in music
Rest
Performance of a musical passage in reverse order of what is written from right to left instead of left to right
Retrograde
A set of 2 letter names
Sol fege
The set of 5 lines upon which music is written
Staff
The sign that indicates how many beats
Time signature
The sign on a staff for higher notes
Treble clef