Music Theory
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- Slur
- Smoothly connects two different pitches by a curved line over or under the pitches
- D.C al Coda
- Play to word coda, return to beginning, play to coda sign, & skip in between the coda and the coda sign and play to the end
- Lower Number in Time Signature
- Tells what kind of note recieves the beat
- Bar Lines
- Divide music into equals parts
- Dynamics
- Volume
- Staccato
- Play the note short and detached .
- Tie
- Joins two of the same pitches by a curved line over or under the pitches
- piano
- Soft -
- forte
- Loud -
- Vivace
- Lively and fast
- Moderato
- Moderately
- Accelerando
- Gradually faster
- Half Step
- The distance from any key on the keyboard to the very next key above or below, whether in black or white.
- D.C al Fine
- Play to the end, go back to beginning, & play till reach the word fine
- D.S al Coda
- Play to D.S al Coda, return to D.S sign, play to coda, stip to the coda sign and play till the end
- mezzo forte
- Moderately loud -
- fortissimo
- Very loud -
- mezzo piano
- Moderately soft -
- crescendo
- Gradually louder - <
- pianissimo
- Very soft -
- Accent
- Play the note louder, with special emphasis >
- decrescendo
- Gradually softer - >
- Sforzando
- A sudden, strong accent
- Da Capo
- Repeat from the beginning
- Adante
- Moving along (walking speed)
- Grand Staff
- When the bass & treble staffs are connected by a brace and a line
- Flat
- Lowers the pitch of that note
- Adagio
- Slow
- Natural
- Cancels a previous sharp or flat
- Sharp
- Raises the pitch of that note
- Tenuto
- Hold the note for it's full value -
- Coda
- An added ending
- Dal Segno
- Repeat from sign
- Clef Sign
- Signs used to help organize the staff so that the notes can be read easily
- Whole Step
- The distance from any key on the keyboard two keys above or below.
- Articulation
- Manner of which a note is formed
- Ledger Lines
- Short lines which are added to extend the range of the staff when the notes are too low or too high to be written on the staff
- Enharmonic Notes
- Notes that sound the same but are written differently.
- D.S al Fine
- play to end, go back to D.S sign, and play till word Fine
- Fermata
- Hold the note longer than it's normal value (.)
- Upper Number in Time Signature
- Tells how many beats in a measure
- Largo
- Very slow
- Fine
- The end
- Legato
- Smoothly connected
- Ritardando
- Gradually slower
- Allegro
- Quickly, cheerfully
- Measure
- The area between two bar lines