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47 Cards in this Set
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Beat
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The pulse of music, like your heartbeat, it should remain steady.
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Notes
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Tell us how high or low to play, and how long to play.
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Rest
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A silent beat.
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Double Bar
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Indicates the end of a piece of music.
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Repeat Sign
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Indicates to repeat the piece of music again, without stopping.
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Treble Clef
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Indicates the postion of note names on a music staff.
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Time Signature
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Indicates how many beats per mesure and what kind of note gets that beat.
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Note Names
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Each note has a name, and each note name goes on a specific line or space.
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Sharp
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Raises a note by half of a beat and remains in effect the entire mesure.
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Flat
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Lowers a note by half of a beat and remains in effect the entire mesure.
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Natural
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Cancels a flat or a sharp and remains in effect the entire mesure.
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Half Note
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A note held for two beats.
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Half Rest
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Two silent beats.
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Breath Mark
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Take a breath throw your mouth after you finsh out the note.
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Whole Note
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A note held for 4 beats.
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Whole Rest
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Four silent beats
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Duet
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A piece of music with 2 different parts played together.
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Key Signature
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Tells us which notes to play with sharps or flats throghout the whole peice of music.
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Fermata
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Hold the note/rest longer than normal.
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Harmony
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2 or more notes played together, each combination forms a chord.
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Pick-Up Notes
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One or more notes that come before the first full measure. The notes are subtracted from the last measure of the piece of music.
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Dynamics
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Indicte how loud you need to play your notes. (forte, mezzo forte, piano)
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Eighth Notes
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An eighth note is half of a beat. 2 eighth notes equal 1 beat.
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Tempo
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The speed of the music.
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Allegro
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Fast tempo.
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Moderato
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Medium tempo.
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Andate
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Slower walking tempo.
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Tie
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A curved line connecting 2 of the same notes, play one note for the combined counts of the tied notes.
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Dotted Half Note
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Three beats
*a dot adds half of the value of a note* |
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Accent
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Emphasize your note.
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Accidental
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A sharp, flat or natural sign that appears in the music without being in the key signuature.
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1st and 2nd endings
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Play through the 1st ending, then play through the repeated section of the music. Skiping the 1st ending, and playing the 2nd ending to finsh the peice.
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Theme/variations
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A musical form featuring a theme follwed by variations of that theme.
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D.C. al fine
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At the D.C. al fine play again from the beginning, and stop at fine.
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Slur
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A curved line that connects notes of different pitches. Tongue only the first note in a slur.
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Phrase
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A musical "santence". Try to play a phrase in one breath.
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Multipe Mearsure Rest
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The number above the staff will tell you how many mearsure to rest for.
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Dotted quater and eighth notes
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A total of 2 beats.
*Counted: 1 & 2, &* |
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Trio
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A composition with three parts played together.
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Scale
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A sequence of notes in an assending (upward) or desending (downward) order.
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Chord & arpeggio
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When 2 or more notes are played together, they form a chord or a harmony.
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Soli
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When playing music marked soil you are playing a group solo.
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Eighth rest
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Half a beat of silence.
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Enharmonics
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2 notes that are written differently, but sound the same and are fingered the same.
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Chromatic notes
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Altered with sharps, flas and natural signs that are not in the key signature.
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Composition
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The art of writing original music.
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Improvisation
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The art of freely creating your own melody as you play.
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