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Details Title: Music Appreciation Chapter 4 Description: Notes, terms, etc Total Flash Cards: 18 Created: 09/06/2006 19:49:56	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term Notation Definition system of writing music so that specific pitches and rhythms can be communicated Term note Definition written symbol representing music Term music staff Definition 5 lines and 4 spaces, notes placed here Term ledger lines Definition lines above or below the staff to continue putting very high/very low notes Term Treble Clef Definition high; "G" clef Term bass clef Definition low; "F" clef Term Instruments of the orchestra family Definition woodwind, brass, string, percussion (piano: keyboard percussion) Term grand staff Definition combination of treble and bass staves Term C nearest middle of the keyboard Definition Middle C Term stem or flags Definition tells what a note is (stem w/ open oval=half note; closed oval=quarter note; etc) Term beam Definition connects several 8th notes Term dotted note Definition increases the duration by half Term dotted rhythm Definition dotted note followed by a note that is much shorter Term tie Definition another way to lengthen the duration of a note; first note lengethened by the duration of the second Term triplet Definition three notes of equal duration notated as a gruop within a curved line and the number 3 Term rest Definition pauses in music Term time (meter) signature Definition shows meter of a piece; upper number=how many beats per measure; lower number=which note gets the beat Term score Definition shows the music for each instrumental or vocal category in a performing group