Musecore Terms 1/2

Question 1

Vertical line through a staff, staves, or a full system that separates measures.

Answer 1

barline

Question 2

A long grace note which takes value from its associated note. Its functions include: passing tone, anticipation, struck suspension, and escape tone.

Answer 2

appoggiatura

Question 3

Set of sharps or flats at the beginning of the staves. It gives an idea about the tonality and avoids repeating those signs all along the staff.

Answer 3

key signature

Question 4

A curved line over or under two or more notes, meaning that the notes will be played smooth and connected ().

Answer 4

slur

Question 5

The act of moving the pitches of one or more notes up or down by a constant interval.

Answer 5

transposition

Question 6

Notes that sound the same pitch but are written differently.

Answer 6

enharmonic notes

Question 7

A feature that allows the user to split the chords in a passage of music in a single staff into their constituent notes or voices.

Answer 7

explode

Question 8

A segment of time defined by a given number of beats.

Answer 8

measure

Question 9

A group of two or more notes sounding together.

Answer 9

chord

Question 10

A sign appearing in front of a note that raises or lowers its pitch.

Answer 10

accidental

Question 11

Tells the performer to break up the chord into the constituent notes, playing them separately and one after the other.

Answer 11

arpeggio

Question 12

A symbol indicating the relative loudness of a note or phrase of music—such as mf (mezzoforte), p (piano), f (forte) etc., starting at that note.

Answer 12

dynamic

Question 13

Is the unit for measuring tempo, traditionally counted in quarter note durations.

Answer 13

beats per minute

Question 14

A reduced-size clef applied to the end of a system indicating a clef change at the start of the next system.

Answer 14

courtesy clef

Question 15

Appear as small notes in front of a normal-sized main note.

Answer 15

grace notes