Copy of Music Vocabulary
Published on Nov 20, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
MEZZO PIANO
MUSICAL DYNAMIC FOR MEDIUM SOFT
MEZZO FORTE
MUSICAL DYNAMIC FOR MEDIUM LOUD
FORTE
MUSICAL DYNAMIC FOR LOUD
CRESENDO
TO SMOOTHLY INCREASE THE VOLUME OF A PARTICULAR PHRASE
Treble clef
A symbol located at the beginning of a staff to indicate the upper pitches. It is also called the G clef.
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Bass clef
A symbol located at the beginning of a staff to indicate the lower pitches. It Is also called the F clef.
Photo by chyap28
GRAND STAFF
A STAFF THAT COMBINES A TREBLE AND BASS STAFF
Key Signature
The sharps or flats located at the beginning of a piece to indicate the tonality
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DOUBLE BAR LINE
A SET OF VERTICAL LINES SHOWING THE END OF A PIECE.
Time signature
A symbol placed at the left side of the staff to indicate the meter
(Number of beats per measure/which note gets the beat)
BEAT
THE REGULAR PULSE OF MUSIC
RHYTHM
DIVISION OF THE BEAT INTO PATTERNS
ALLEGRO
A FAST TEMPO
Half step
The distance of two notes next to each other (G-G#) on the piano it is usually a white to a black key
Whole step
A distance of two half steps
LEGATO
PERFORM NOTES IN A SMOOTH, CONNECTED STYLE
STACATTO
PERFORMING NOTES IN A SEPARATED STYLE, OPPOSITE OF LEGATO
Tie
A curved line connecting two notes of the same pitch to add their values together
Slur
A curved line connecting several notes to show that they should be played legato
Photo by Horia Varlan
Syncopation
(Makes it all complete)
Placing the rhythmic stress on the off beat
ACCENT
MUSICAL MARKING USED TO STRESS A PARTICULAR BEAT
Glottal attack
Hitting the vocal folds together to stop air flow; usually used with vowels
SOFT PALETTE
THE SOFT TISSUE AT THE BACK OF THE ROOF OF YOUR MOUTH
