Music Flashcards
A series of repeating, consistent pulsations of time that divide time into equal lengths.
Beat
A pattern of pulses
Rhythm
The rate or speed of the beat
Tempo
A notation that tells the performer how long and how often to play a certain musical pitch within the beat
Note
3 components of a note
Note Head, Steam, and Flag
Notes with flags can be connected to each other with?
Beam
What’s the use of Beams?
CLEAN UP an otherwise messy-looking piece of musical notation.
This means the note’s value is increased by one half of its original value.
Augmentation Dot
Connect notes that are the same pitch together to created one sustained note instead of two separate ones
Tied Notes
These silent “notes” are called
Rests
Notes and rests in music are written on what?
Musical staff
What is a staff made of?
A staff is made of five parallel, horizontal lines, containing four spaces between them
What are the two musical Staffs?
Treble and Bass Clef (Together called the Grand Staff)
It tells you the number of beats in each measure and which notes gets on beat
Time Signature
Any segment of written music contained within two vertical bars that span the staff from top to bottom.
Measure