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Music
2nd Grade
06/14/2012

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