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Pg 8 to 20 CGP Flashcards

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1
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What do the clef’s tell you?

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How high or low to play the notes

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What does the time signature tell you?

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How many beats there are in a bar

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3
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What’s a key signature?

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It determines what key you play in and it is shown by either sharps or flats

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What’s pitch?

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Notes that are higher up on the stave have a higher pitch and lower notes have a lower pitch. Pitch is how high the notes are

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5
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What is a chord?

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More than one note. played together makes a chord.

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6
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What’s a double bar line?

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It shows that you have gotten to the end of the piece

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7
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What is the treble clef used for?

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  • It is used for higher pitched melody instruments like flutes
  • It is also used for soprano and alto voices and music for them is on the treble cleff
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8
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What is the bass clef used for?

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  • It is used for lower pitched instruments like cello, trombone
  • It is also used for bass voices
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What is this clef called and what is it used for?

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  • This is the vocal tenor clef and it is for tenor voices and lead guitar
  • Each note in the vocal tenor clef is the exact same note as it is in the treble clef except it is one octave lower
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What is this cleff called and what does it do?

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  • It is called the C clef
  • It has a middle point which is the middle C. When it is on the middle line of the stave, it is the alto clef used for viola parts
  • When the middle c is on the 4th line up, it is the tenor clef for higher notes like cellos
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11
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What is this and what does it do?

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  • It is a sharp
  • You play the note a semitone higher
  • A double sharp makes the note two semitones higher
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12
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What are enharmonic equivalents?

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When two notes sound the same but have different names like C## and D

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13
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What is this?

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  • It is a flat
  • You play it one semitone lower
  • A double flat makes a note two semitones lower
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14
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What are key signatures?

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  • Sharps or flats at the start of the piece tell you the key signature
  • They make the notes all the way through the piece of music
  • Sharps and flats on individual notes are called accidentals and once it appears in a bar you have to keep it until the rest of the bar or a natural
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15
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What is a natural?

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It cancels out the sharp or flat

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16
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What is a strong beat?

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  • The first beat of each bar and they come at regular intervals
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17
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What does time signature show?

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  • The top number tells how many beats there are in a bar
  • The bottom number tells you how long each beat is
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18
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Give examples of time signatures

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  • 3/2 - 2 means each beat is 1 minim long and there are three beats in a bar
  • 3/4 means each beat is 1 crochet long
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19
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What is anacrusis?

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when not all of the pieces start on the first beat of the bar and they start on an unaccented beat

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20
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What is simple time

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  • They have 2, 3 or 4 as their top number
  • When counting the beats you count every beat
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21
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What is compound time for?

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  • Copounds have 6,9,12 as their top numbers, you can divide their top number by three
  • You just count the main beats
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22
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What is a metre and give examples

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  • The patterns the beat make is a metre. There are three types:
    • Regular- strong beats make the same pattern all the way
    • Irregular -there could be five beats in one bar or 7 beats in a bar
    • Free - music with no particular metre
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23
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What is hemiola?

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Rythmic device to create contrast within a piece, eg. in music written in duple metre is temporarily accented to make it feel like it’s in a triple metre

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24
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What is largo and the bpm?

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Broad and slow

40-60

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25
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What is larghetto and the bpm?

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Still broad, not so slow

60-66

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26
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What is adagio and the bpm?

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bit faster than largo

66-76

27
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What is andante and the bpm?

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walking pace

76-108

28
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what is moderato?

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moderate speed

29
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allegro

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quick and lively

30
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vivace

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very lively- quicker than allegro

31
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presto

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really fast

32
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accelerando

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speeding up

33
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rallentando

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slowing down

34
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ritenuto

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holding back the pace

35
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allargando

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slowing down, getting a bit broader

36
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rubato

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can be flexible with pace of music

37
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a tempo

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back to the original pace

38
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agitato

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agitated

39
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alla marcia

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in a march style

40
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amoroso

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loving

41
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calmato

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calm

42
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dolce

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sweetly

43
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energico

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energetic

44
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giocoso

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playful

45
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grandioso

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grandly

46
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pesante

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heavy

47
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risoluto

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strong,confident

48
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sospirando

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sighing

49
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trionfale

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triumphant

50
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pianissimo

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very quiet

51
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P

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piano

52
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mp

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mezzopiano- fairly quiet

53
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mf

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mzzoforte-fairly loud

54
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f

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forte- loud

55
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ff

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fortissimo- very loud

56
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crescendo

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getting louder

57
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diminuendo

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getting quieter

58
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staccato

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The dotted notes are played slightly shorter

59
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Slur

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all the notes below or above te slur are played smoothly with no breaks between

60
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what is an accent ?

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  • Accent is to emphasise
  • on the wind instrument it is done by tonguing a note harder than normal
61
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What is sforzando

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strongly accented note and is a sudden accent

62
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what is glissando?

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A slide from one note to another

63
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What is a bent note?

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Changes the pitch slightly like a wobble and are often used in jazz music

64
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