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24 Cards in this Set
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Accelerrando |
symbols such as sharps or flats and naturals that raise or lower a pitch.
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Adagio |
slow speed (not too slow) |
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Allergo |
play the music at moderately slow speed |
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Andante |
play the music at a moderately slow speed.
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Bar Line |
a vertical line on the staff to separate measures in a composition. |
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Beam |
a straight line connecting two or more notes such as eighth and sixteenth notes. |
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Beat |
a musical pulse or unit of time / the steady pulse of music. |
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Chord |
a combination of three or more notes sounding at the same time / multiple notes sounding simultaneously (Ex. A C Major chord may consist of the notes C-E-G.)
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Clef |
a symbol placed at the beginning of the staff to indicate names of lines and spaces.
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Conductor |
the director of a group of musicians.
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Crescendo |
gradually get louder |
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Decrescendo |
gradually get louder |
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Dot |
a small symbol placed to the right of a note that increases the duration of the note by one half. |
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Dynamics |
symbols that indicate a change in volume of a song. (The students played the music louder and softer, as indicated by the dynamics written on the music.) |
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Enharmonic |
Two notes that sound the same but are spelled differently.
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Fermata |
a pause in the music, indicated by this sign. |
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Flat |
a symbol written to the left of a note that lowers the pitch by a half step. flat sign |
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forte |
loud. (The percussion section saw the forte mark on their music and played the music with a booming sound.)forte |
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Half step |
the distance between one key and the next adjacent white or black key on a keyboard. |
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Interval |
the difference in pitch between two notes. |
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Largo |
slow and steady |
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Ledger Line |
a small line written above/ below the staff to extend the range of notation. |
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Measure |
the space between one bar line and the next. |
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Moderato |
medium tempo/speed |
