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28 Cards in this Set
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Diaphram |
the muscle that helps you breath. |
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Posture |
the way you hold your body .posture can be good or bad .for singing, we have proper standing posture (posture 1) and proper sitting posture (posture 2) |
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Rhythm |
. a pattern of long and short notes .rhythm does not have pitch to it melody
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Melody |
the main tune of the song, the part you can sing back . not to be confused with harmony. |
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Round |
two or more people singing the same thing but starting at different times |
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Time Signature |
the two numbers at the begginning of a piece of music that say how many beats are in a measure and which note gets the beat |
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Measure |
the space between two barlines |
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Barline |
A line that separates music and has no value |
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Unison |
Two or more people singing (or playing) the same thing at the same time |
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Scale |
A series of notes in order from lowest to highest or highest to lowest |
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Ascending |
could be something you hear (pitches going up) .going up .could be something you see (a scale going up) |
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Descending |
could be something you hear (pitches going down) .going down .could be something you see ( a scale going down) |
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Interval |
The space between two notes or pitches .it could be something you hear . it can be something you see |
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Repeat |
Means "go back and do it again" |
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Dynamics |
how loud or soft something is .Have to do with volume (loud/soft), not pitch (high/low) |
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Piano |
Means "soft" .Abbreviated P |
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Forte |
means " loud . Abbreviated F |
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Mezzo Piano |
means "medium soft" .Mezzo= medium . Abbreviated MP |
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Mezzo forte |
means "medium loud" .mezzo=medium .forte=loud .Abbreviated MF |
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fortissimo |
means "very loud" "issimo"= very .Abbreviated FF |
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pianissmo |
means "very soft" issimo "= very .Abbreviated PP |
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dynamics in order |
PP- Pianissimo- very soft P- Piano-Soft MP- Mezzo piano- Medium soft MF- Mezzo forte- Medium loud F- Forte- Loud FF- Fortissimo- very loud |
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whole note |
4 beats |
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half note |
2 beats |
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quarter note |
1 beat |
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Eighth note |
1/2 beat |
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sixteeth note |
1/4 beat |
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Dotteed notes |
A dott adds half the value of the note Dotted Whole note- 6 beats Dotted half note- 3 beats Dotted quarter note- 1 and 1/2 beats Dotted eighth note- 3/4 beat Dotted sixteenth note- 3/8 of a beat |
