Vocabulary Flashcards
Flat
Lowers a note one half step
Grand staff
Two staffs connected by a bar and brace , used for keyboard music
D.c.alfine
Go back to the beginning and end at fine
D.S Alfine
Go to the sign and end at fine
First and Second endings
Play the first ending and take the repeat. Then take the second ending skipping over the first ending.
Repeat
Do over again
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Double Bar
a thin, then thick bar line that indicates the end of the piece.
Dynamics
The loud and softs of music
Piano
Soft
Forte
Loud… Opposite of piano
Mezzo forte
Moderately loud
Mezzo piano
Moderately soft
Crescendo
Play gradually louder
Decrescendo
Play gradually softer
Staccato
Detached, disconnected
Opposite is Legato
Legato
Smoothed and connected
Tie
a curved line tat connects two notes on the same line or space.
Hold for the total counts of both notes.
Sharp
Raises a note one half step … Opposite of Flat
Natural
Cancels a sharp or a flat
Pick-Up-Note
The note. Of incomplete measure
Phrase
A musical sentence
Ottava
Play one octave higher or lower than written