Music Vocab Review

Define Note

• A rhythm in a melody

• A beat in a measure

• A group of sounds that creates a tune

• A sound with a specific pitch and duration

Define Rhythm

• The pattern of sounds and rests in music

• The heavy pulse in a melody

• The numbers at the beginning of a piece that tells the time of the song

• The way your body moves with the beat

Define Measure

• The amount and type of notes that each measure contains

• The heavy pulse in a melody

• a unit of time in music containing a given number of beats

• A group of sounds that creates a tune

Define Time Signature

• Time given to feel the beat of the melody

• The amount and type of notes that each measure contains

• The rhythmic pattern of the piece

• Total time the song lasts

Define Bar line

• the line that separates each measure

• the end of the song

• the bar that signals a repeat

• The line that separates each note

Define Key Signature

• Lowers the note half a step

• Raises the note half a step

• Shows how many beats are in a measure

• any combination of sharps or flats that shows the key of the piece

Define crescendo

• Soft

• Loud

• Gradually getting louder

• Gradually getting softer

Define Decrescendo

• Soft

• Loud

• Gradually getting louder

• Gradually getting softer

Define Piano

• Soft

• Loud

• Gradually getting softer

• Gradually getting louder

Define Staff

• A wooden stick the conductor holds

• Set of lines and spaces that music is written on

• A symbol that shows player to repeat

• A sound with a specific pitch and duration