|
|
| Set of five lines or spaces used to represent notes |
|
|
|
| Reveals what key music is in (right hand or left hand) |
|
|
|
| Staffs of the treble and base clef joined with a braket or brace; used for notating music in all registers |
|
|
|
| The highness or lowness of a musical sound depending on its rate of vibration |
|
|
|
| Lines written above or below a staff to represent notes off the basic lines |
|
|
|
| Distance between the same notes that are higher or lower than each other; interval of an 8th |
|
|
|
| Durations of notes and silences |
|
|
|
| The regular consistency of rhythm; pulse |
|
|
|
| How fast or slow the beat is moving |
|
|
|
| Regular organization of music into strong and weak beats |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Holding out a note for an extra amount of time; a pause |
|
|
|
| The first and strongest beat of a measure |
|
|
|
| Symbol that represents the absence of musical sound |
|
|
|
| Notes that occur at the beginning of a piece on a beat other than the first |
|
|
|
| Characterizing pitches that sound the same but are notated differently |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Precautionary accidentals |
|
| Serve as a reminder of a note change that should already be known |
|
|
|
| Shifting notes up or down an octave |
|
|
|
| Central note of a piece; first scale degree |
|
|
|
| Last for value of original note plus half of that value |
|
|
|
| A series of notes that have a relationship to one another |
|
|
|
| Melodies that move by 2nd intervals |
|
|
|
| Melodies that proceed by 3rds |
|
|
|
| Melodies with intervals larger than a 3rd |
|
|
|
| The distance in pitch between any two notes |
|
|
|
| Pitches of an interval that occur one immediately after another |
|
|
|
| Pitches of an interval sounding at the same time |
|
|
|
| Describes the way music is organized or put together |
|
|
|
| Musical statement leading to a pause or moment of rest |
|
|
|
| Point of rest usually at the end of a phrase or piece |
|
|
|
| Vertical line that separates music into measures |
|
|
|
| Group of pitches arranged in ascending or descending order, upon which melodies and compositions are based |
|
|
|
| Scale made up entirely of successive half steps |
|
|
|
| Group of seven-note scales containing five whole steps and two half steps in various fixed relationships and notated with consecutive letter names |
|
|
|
| Smallest written interval in traditional Western music |
|
|
|
| Interval consisting of two half steps |
|
|
|
| Diatonic scale most frequently used in Western music |
|
|
|
| Raises a note a whole step |
|
|
|
| Lowers a note a whole step |
|
|
|
| Group of sharps or flats written at the beginning of each staff line to indicate required alterations of the pitches that form the scale and key of the piece |
|
|
|
| A curved line connecting a group of notes to be played smoothly |
|
|
|
| Graphic representation of all the keys with their sharps and flats |
|
|
|
| The individual notes of a seven note scale, numbered from 1 to 7 |
|
|
|
| Means by which musical sound is represented on a page |
|
|
|
| Specific area of the entire range of pitches available to an instrument or voice |
|
|
|
| The C midway on the piano keyboard that lies exactly between the two staves |
|
|
|
| Shifting music from one key to another |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Stress on a particular beat of music |
|
|
|
| Mechanical device that supplies a basic beat or pulse |
|
|
|
| Curved line joining one note head to the other so that the 1st note is prolonged by the value of the 2nd; the 2nd note is not played |
|