QUARTER NOTE

• It is indicated by the time signature of the music

DOTTED QUARTER NOTE

• One and a half beats

SIXTEENTH NOTE

• It is16th of a beat
• Very short

STACCOTA

• Signifies a note of shortened duration

TEMPO

• The speed of a certain piece
• Tempo is time in Italian

ADAGIO

• A tempo marking telling it need to be played slowly

ANDANTE

• A moderate tempo

ALLEGRO

• A fast tempo pace

SYNCOPATION

• It is a variety of rhythms that make the music of beat
• Stresses an off beat

INTERVAL

• A difference between two pitches

GRAND STAFF

• 2 staves connected together

KEY SIGNATURE

• A set of a sharp or flat symbols

PIANO

• Means " soft "

FORTE

MEZZO PIANO

• Means " half soft "

MEZZO FORTE

• Mean " half loud "

FORTISSIMO

• Means " very loud "

PIANISSMO

• Means " very soft "

TIE

• A curveed line connecting two notes of the same pitch

SLUR

• Two different notes being played without separation

ACCENT

• An emphasis placed on a certain note
• Used to stress a particular beat

HALF REST

• Two beats of silence

WHOLE REST

• 4 beats of silence

QUARTER REST

• One beat of silence

CRESCENDO

• Slowly getting faster
• Slowly getting louder in volume

DECRESCENDO

• Slowly getting softer
• Slowly getting softer in volume

TIME SIGNATURE

• Notation used to show how many notes can be in each bar

TREBLE CLEF

• A Musical symbol that indicateds higher notes
• G Clef

BASS CLEF

• A musical symbol that indicates a lower notes
• F Clef

STAFF

• Five horizontal lines representing a different pitchs
• Four spaces

DOUBLE BAR LINE

• Is used before a key change

LEGATO

• Indicates that notes need to be played connected

GLOTTAL ATTACK

• The hard sound sound at the start of a word in a song
• HIting the vocal folds together to stop the flow

SOFT PALATE

• The roof of your mouth

WHOLE STEP

• Also called a major second

HALF STEP

• Smallest music interval

BEAT

• The basic unit of time
• A reluglar pulse of music

RYTHEM

• Any regular recurring motion

DYNAMICS

• Volume or sound of a note

A CAPELLA

• A group of solo singing without musical instruments