Music Flashcards

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1
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A series of repeating, consistent pulsations of time that divide time into equal lengths.

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Beat

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2
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A pattern of pulses

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Rhythm

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3
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The rate or speed of the beat

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Tempo

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4
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A notation that tells the performer how long and how often to play a certain musical pitch within the beat

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Note

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5
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3 components of a note

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Note Head, Steam, and Flag

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6
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Notes with flags can be connected to each other with?

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Beam

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7
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What’s the use of Beams?

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CLEAN UP an otherwise messy-looking piece of musical notation.

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8
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This means the note’s value is increased by one half of its original value.

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Augmentation Dot

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9
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Connect notes that are the same pitch together to created one sustained note instead of two separate ones

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Tied Notes

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10
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These silent “notes” are called

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Rests

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11
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Notes and rests in music are written on what?

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Musical staff

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12
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What is a staff made of?

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A staff is made of five parallel, horizontal lines, containing four spaces between them

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13
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What are the two musical Staffs?

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Treble and Bass Clef (Together called the Grand Staff)

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14
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It tells you the number of beats in each measure and which notes gets on beat

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Time Signature

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15
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Any segment of written music contained within two vertical bars that span the staff from top to bottom.

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Measure

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16
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The 2 types of time signature

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Simple and Compound