Grade 1 Flashcards
How many beats is a crotchet?
1 beat note.
How many beats is a minim?
2 crotchet beat note.
How many beats is a dotted minim?
3 crotchet beat note.
How many beats is a semi breve?
4 crotchet beat note
How many beats is a quaver?
1/2 crotchet beat note
How many beats is a crotchet?
1 beat note
How many beats is a semi quaver?
1/4 crotchet beat note
How many rest is a rest?
1 rest note
How many beats is a minim rest?
2 rest note
How many beats is a full rest?
4 beat note
p?
piano, soft
pp?
pianissimo, verry soft
poco rall?
gradually slowing down (a litle)
dim?
diminuendo, gradual decrease in loudnes
mf?
mezzo - forte, medium loud
f?
forte, loud
ff?
fortissimo, verry loud
pedale simile?
peddle same as befor
molto riten?
much slower
mp?
mezzo piano, medium soft
risoluto?
played firmly (with finality)
sharp, raised note by a semitone
cresc.?
crescendo, increase in volume.
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crescendo, increase in volume
> ?
decrescendo, decrease in volume.
obstinate?
ostinato, slightly varied/transposed/different pitch
con moto?
to play with motion
cut common?
common time signature but halved, 2/2
dim poco a poco?
quieter little by little
note with dot underneath?
staccato, a note that is played short and detached.
fermata?
The holding of a note or rest for longer than its usual duration.
[ but upside down?
to show where to put down your foot on the sustain pedal.
espressivo?
playing with expression
Gioioso?
joyfull
Glenda Austin?
Composer of Going Baroque, two children Susan & Scott, American, University of Missuori, 1950
Kevin Costley
Composer if Dance of the gnomes, Born 1951, Kansas University, Holder of the Arkansas Traveler’s Award
Michael Hannan
Born 1949, Australian,University of Sydney,
