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Music Terms Flashcards

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Treble Cleff

G Cleff

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Lines and Spaces of

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Bass Cleff

F Cleff

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Lines and Spaces of

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Grand Staff

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Ledger Lines

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Whole Note

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Half Note

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Quarter Note

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Eighth Note

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Sixteenth Note

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Thirty-Second Note

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Sixty-Fourth Note

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14
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Rests

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Silent Pulses

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Time Signature

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Top: Number of beats per measure

Bottom: Type of note the gets the beat

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Dynamics

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Loudness and softness

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fff

fortississimo

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very, very loud

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ff

fortissimo

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very loud

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f

forte

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loud

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20
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mf

mezzo forte

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medium loud

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mp

mezzo piano

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meduim soft

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p

piano

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soft

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pp

pianissimo

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very soft

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ppp

pianississimo

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very, very soft

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Crescendo

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Gradually get louder

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Decrescendo

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Gradually get softer

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Tempo

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How fast or slow

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Grave

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Very slow

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Adagio

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Slow

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Andante

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halfway (walking speed)

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Moderato

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Moderatly fast

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Allegro

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Fast

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Presto

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Very fast

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D.S.

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Return to sign

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D.C.

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Return to beginning

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D.S. al coda

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Return to sign until coda

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D.C. all coda

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Return to beginning until coda

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Coda

The ending or last part of a song

39
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the dot adds half the value to the note or rest

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Staccato

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Detached or seperated articulation

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Legato

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Smooth and connected articulation

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Slur

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Connects notes of different pitch

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Tie

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Connects notes of the same pitch

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A cappella

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voices only

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Meter

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Time signature

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Ritardando

rit.

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Gradually slow down

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Acceleradno

accel.

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Gradually speed up

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Phrase

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Groups of notes like a sentence

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Bar lines

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Vertical lines on the staff used to divide music in metrical units

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Measures

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The distance between bar lines

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Duration

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Length of time a note or rest takes

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Fermata

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Hold the note and watch the conductor

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Natural

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Cancels any sharps or flats

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Sharp

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Raises the pitch a half step

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Flat

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Lowers the pitch a half step

56
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Accidentals

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Sharps, flats, and naturals in music

57
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Key Signature

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Sharps or flats at the beginning of each staff; tells us which note is “do”

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Unison

unis.

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All sing one part

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Voicing

SATB

SSATBB

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Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass

Soprano, Soprano II, Alto, Tenor, Baritone, Bass

60
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repeat

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Accent

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Note is stressed or emphasized

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Tacet

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Dont Sing

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Tutti

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All Sing

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Common time

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4/4

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Cut Time

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2/2

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Pick-up

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A note of a song that starts before the barline

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Tactus

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Basic beat or pulse of the song

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Syncopation

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Weak beats accented

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Enharmonic

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Notes or chords that sound the same but are written and spelled differently.

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Interval

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The distance between two notes

71
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Whole-step interval

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Major 2nd

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Half-step Interval

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Minor 2nd

73
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Senza

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Without

74
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Tenuto

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full value

75
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Name for a musical work

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Composition

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