JR High Band Review Terms

Playing or singing a piece of music for the first time

• sight reading

• soli

• duet

• staff

smallest interval used in Western music

• tutti

• half step

• time signature

• accidental

a small group of section plays or sings

• duet

• tutti

• soli

• solo

symbol that alters the pitch of a note until the end of a measure

• time signature

• flat

• repeat sign

• accidental

type of attack used to play another or group of notes

• time signature

• flat

• one measure repeat sign

• articulation

when 2 people play, 2 different played or sung

• duet

• solo

• tutti

• theme

play or sing the previous measure again

• articulation

• one measure repeat sign

• flat

• repeat sign

musical sentence, often 4 or 8 measures long

• time signature

• half step

• phrase

• interval

everyone plays or sings

• soli

• duet

• solo

• tutti

distance between 2 pitches

• flat

• sharp

• interval

• accidental