TEMPO
The speed of the music
DYNAMICS
How loud or soft the music is
BEAT
Movement that is steady or the same
RHYTHM
The short and long notes in the music
MELODY
The tune of the song or how the music goes
BAND
An instrumental ensemble, usually made up of wind and percussion instruments and no string instruments.
BAR LINE
The vertical line placed on the staff to divide the music into measures.
CANON/ROUND
Two or more parts have the same melody but start at different points
COMPOSER
A person who creates (composes) music
CONDUCTOR
The person who directs a group of musicians
DUET
A piece for two performers.
EIGHTH NOTE/REST
A note/rest half the length of a quarter note, or a half of a beat
INSTRUMENT
Any device that produces a musical sound
MEASURE
A group of beats indicated by the placement of bar lines on the staff. The space between two bar lines.
MUSIC
The organization of sounds
OCTAVE
The eighth tone above a given pitch
ORCHESTRA
A large group of musicians made up of string, brass, woodwind, and percussion instruments
PERCUSSION FAMILY
Instruments that produce sounds when shaken or struck, including drums, rattles, bells, gongs, and xylophones.
PITCH
The highness or lowness of a tone
QUARTER NOTE/REST
A note/rest one half the length of a half note and one quarter the length of a whole note.
REST
A symbol that means silence.
SCALE
A succession of tones.
STAFF
The most frequently used staff has five horizontal lines, with four spaces, upon which the notes and other musical symbols are placed
TONE
A note; the basis of music
WOODWIND FAMILY
Instruments, originally made of wood, in which sound is produced by the vibration of air, including recorders, flutes, clarinets, saxophones, oboes, and bassoons
BRASS FAMILY
Wind instruments made out of metal with either a cup- or funnel-shaped mouthpiece, such as trumpet, cornet, bugle, Flugelhorn, trombone, tuba, baritone horn, euphonium, saxhorn, and French horn