Accent
a symbol to indicate special stress or emphasis on certain note
Staccato
sign is used to indicated a shortened or separated style of articulation
Tenuto
sign over or below a note is used to indicate a sustained style of articulation
Adagio
slow
Allegro
lively, brisk
Andante
moderately slow
Branle
Popular French group dance of the 16th century in which all motions of the lead couple are imitated
Dolce
“sweetly”
Legato
With smooth, connected style of articulation
Pick-up
one of more notes that come before the first full measure of a piece
Synocopation
a displacement of the natural pulse of the music
linguistic, usical, logical-mathematical, spatial, bodily-kinesthetic, intro-personal, interpersonal
Howard Gardner different intelligences
Gordon Shaw
Studied the brain. showed that music is the root to nature itself