Literacy Flashcards
1
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Adagio
A
Slow
2
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Allegro
A
Fast
3
Q
Andante
A
Walking pace
4
Q
Beat/Pulse
A
Basic pulse you hear in music
5
Q
Perfect Cadence
A
Sounds finished
6
Q
Imperfect Cadence
A
Doesn’t sound finished
7
Q
Crotchet
A
1 beat
8
Q
Dotted minim
A
3 beats
9
Q
Faster
A
Accelerando
10
Q
Forte
A
Loud (f)
11
Q
Lines and spaces on the treble clef
A
Where the note goes
12
Q
Major
A
Bright/Happy
13
Q
Minim
A
2 beats
14
Q
Minor
A
Sad/Dark
15
Q
Piano (dynamic)
A
Quiet (p)
16
Q
Quaver
A
1/2 beat
17
Q
Semibreve
A
4 beats
18
Q
Slower
A
Rallentando
19
Q
Treble Clef
A
Primarily notates notes above middle C
20
Q
AB
A
Binary
21
Q
ABA
A
Ternary
22
Q
Accent
A
Notes which sound louder than others
23
Q
Ascending
A
The notes from the previous are raised by one beat
24
Q
Binary
A
Music split into 2 sections
AB
25
Compound time
6/8 or 9/8 or 12/8
26
Descending
The notes from the previous bar are lowered one step
27
Dotted crotchet
1 1/2 beats
28
Dotted quaver
1/4 beat
29
Grouped semiquavers
1/4 notes grouped together
30
Octave
Distance between 8 notes
31
Mezzo-forte
Medium loud
32
Mezzo-piano
Medium quiet
33
Paired quavers
1/2 beat notes grouped together
34
Pause
Musical flow held by a long note or silence
35
Repeat
Play the section of music again
36
Repetition
Notes from the previous bar are repeated
37
Semiquaver
1/4 beat
38
Sequence
Melodic phrase which is immediately played at a higher or lower pitch
39
Simple time
2/4 or 3/4 or 4/4
40
Staccato
Short and spikey
41
Ternary
Music is split into 3 sections
ABA
42
Change of Key
Changing from one key to another
Major -> Minor
43
Chord progression
A series of related chords
44
Fortissimo
Very loud
ff
45
Ground bass
A theme in the bass which is repeated many times
46
Moderato
Moderate pace
47
Pianissimo
Very quiet
pp
48
Pentatonic
5 note scale
49
Sforzando
Sudden loud accent
sfz
