Music Flashcards
Semibreave (CIRCLE KINDA OVAL)
4 crotchet beats REST=LINE WITH RECTANGLE HANGING
Minim (CIRCLE WITHOUT MIDDLE BIT)
2 crotchet beats REST=LINE WITH RECTANGLE LAYING DOWN
Crotchet
1 crotchet beat REST=LIGHTNING BOLT WITH C AT THE BOTTOM
Quaver (CROTCHET WITH CURVE AT TOP)
1/2 beat REST=7 WITH A DOT AT THE BEGINNING
x/4
CROTCHET BEATS
x/8
QUAVER BEATS
Sometimes you will see a dot attached to the right of the notes…
This adds half of its value to create a longer note
Pitch=
The highness or lowness of a sound or musical note
Tempo=
The speed of a piece of music
Dynamics=
The volume of a sound or musical note
Texture (layers)=
How much sound we hear
Timbre/Sonority=
The unique sound or tone quality of different instruments,voices or sounds
Articulation=
How individual notes or sounds are played
Silence=
Absence of sound-no sound
Words to describe pitch=
high/low/medium/getting higher/getting lower