H7 Festivals Flashcards
What does a sharp note?
It highers the tone half a pitch
What does a flat note?
It lowers the tone half a pitch
Staccato (dot under the note)
The notes are played short
Legato (bow under the notes)
Notes are played slurred
Accent (> on each note)
Each note is accentuated
Whole note
4 beats
Half note
2 beats
Quarter note
1 beat
Eighth note
Half a beat
Sixteenth note
Quarter beat
Whole rest ( - under the line )
4 beats
Half rest ( - above the line)
2 beats
Quarter rest ( / )
1 beat
Eighth rest (*/)
Half a beat
Sixteenth rest ( **/)
Quarter beat
P
Piano - soft
Mf
Mezzo forte - moderately loud
F
Forte - loud
Ff
Fortissimo - very loud
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Crescendo - gradually louder
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Decrescendo - gradually softer
What is a triplet
Three notes that are played in the same amount of time two notes are usually played
Playing clean
Without effects
Distortion
Makes everything sound rough around the edges
Wah-wah
Makes a wah-wah sound
Chorus effect
Is used to make one instrument sound like more than one is playing
Groove
The part in a song that makes a song swing
Unisono
Parts sing or play the same melody. Sometimes the octave differs
Second voice
A melody in an alternative pitch that moves the same as the main melody
Countermelody
A melody that is played at the same time as the main melody, but is very different
Close harmony
A type of harmony in which the pitches of the melodies are close to each other (narrow range)
Blues pattern
12 bar chords scheme
12 bar chord scheme
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