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Music Vocabulary

Published on Mar 21, 2016

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

MUSIC

VOCABULARY
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Dynamics
- The volume of a sound or note

Piano
- Musical dynamic for “soft”

Mezzo Piano
- Musical dynamic for “moderately soft”

Mezzo Forte
-Musical dynamic for “moderately loud”

Forte
-Musical dynamic for "loud"

Crescendo
-To smoothly increase the volume of a particular phrase or passage

Decrescendo
-To smoothly decrease the volume of a particular phrase or passage

Treble Clef
-A symbol located at the beginning of a staff to indicate the upper pitches. It is also called the "G clef" because the symbol curves around the second line of the staff

Bass Clef
-A symbol located at the beginning of a staff to indicate the lower pitches. It is also called the "F clef" because the symbol curves around the fourth line of the staff

Staff
-A set of 5 lines and 4 spaces used to clearly show musical notation.

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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,

Double Bar Line
-A set of two 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

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Rhythm
-Division of the beat into patterns

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Tempo
-The speed of a piece

Andante
-A moderate tempo; “walking”

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Allegro
-A fast tempo

Interval
-The distance between two pitches

Tie
- A curved line connecting 2 notes of the same pitch to add their values together.

Slur
- A curved line connecting several notes to show that they should be placed legato.

Syncopation
-Placing the rhythmic stress on the off-beat

Staccato
-Performing notes in a separated style, opposite of legato

Legato
-Performing notes in a smooth, connected style

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 Palate
-The soft tissue at the back of the roof of your mouth

Whole Step
-A distance of two half steps

Half Step
-The distance of two notes next to each other (ex. G to G#); on the piano it is usually a white to a black key