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Solfege

Syllables for notes

Sound of music

Decrescendo

Quiet down your music

Crescendo

Increase in sound

Fortissimo

Very loud

Little einsteins

Piano

Quiet

Major scale

CDEFGABC

Minor scale

DEFGABC

Treble

Higher tones

Think of pitch perfect

Ritartando

Gradually decrease of tempo

Key signature

Tell what key it's in

Staff

Holds the notes

Tempo

Speed of a piece

Time signature

How many beats in a measure

Flats

BEADGCF

Sharps

Note raised above natural pitch

Flats

Lower a note by a semitone

Modulation

A change of key

bass scale

ACEG

Poco

A little

Tutti

All together

Tie

Pull two notes together

Whole

Whole note

Half

Half note

Sforzando

Sudden emphasis

Bold

Rest

Rest in singing

Quarter

Quarter note

Eighth

Eighth note

Sixteenth

Sixteenth note

Pianissimo

Very quiet

Natural

Denoting a natural note when a previous sign or key signature would otherwise demand a sharp or flat

Accidental

Natural, flat, sharp

Momentary departure from the key signature by raising or lowering a note

Fermata

Symbol that makes a note longer

Caesura

A break in music

Rubato

Sudden quickness

Staccato

Short and bubbly

Choppy

Legato

Long, lengthy notes

Interval

The difference between two pitches

Subito

Suddenly

Tenuto

A note held for full time value or slightly more

Chromatic scale

Musical scale with twelve pitches

Half step

Interval between two notes (half tone

Whole step

Going up a note (whole tone

Mezzo

Middle

Measure

Part in a song

Ledger line

A line through an extra note above the staff

Accelerando

Speed up

Articulation

Marks a certain way the note is to be sung

Legato, accent

Coda

Ending

Fine

The end of a composition

D.S al fine

Tells singer to go back to the segono sign to the end or fine

Da capo

From the beginning

Tenor

A male part that sings higher

Bass

Male voice that sings Lower

A capella

Without music

Accompaniment

Piano or music to go on with singing

Diminuendo

Decrease in loudness or intensity

8va

Play note an octave higher written

8vb

Play note an octave lower than written

Augmented

Lengthening of a note

That dot next to a note

Tempo

Speed the music should be played

Unison

Singer together

Kurwen hand signs

The do re mi ****

Dotted notes or rests

Hold the note

Slur

Connect notes

Think of trumpets

A tempo

Previous or original tempo

Common time

A rhythmatic pattern in which there are 4 beats

Cut time

Time signature indicating 2 or 4 half note beats in a bar

Triplet

3 notes to be performed in the time of 2 or 4

Arpeggio

Notes of a chord played in a succession

Diminished

An interval one semitone less than the corresponding interval

Sostenuto

A passage of music to be played in a prolonged manner

Accent

Emphasis on a particular chord or note

Harmony

Combo of notes that sound well together

Octave

A series of 8 notes occupying the interval between two notes

Falsetto

Tenor use this to sing notes higher than their normal range

Beat or pulse

The speed at which a piece of music is played (rhthymic movement)

Verse

Writing arranged (a group of lines)

Refrain

Lines repeated in music

Sorpano

Higher part of the girls

Alto

Lower part of the girls

Melody

Principal part in music

Rhythm

Pattern formed by rhythm

Lyrics

Words to a sing

Repeat

Go back and sing a specific part of a song

Flag

Little line that comes from the note

Beam

Two notes connected to each other

Divisi

A musical direction indicating that a section of players divided into parts

Rallentando

Retartardando but gradual i guess

Un poco

A little

Syncopation

A variety of rhythms that are unexpected

Hemiola

A music figure where 2 groups of 3 beats are replaced by 3 groups of 2 beats because logic