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Piano
Piano class review for first written test
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Undergraduate 1
10/28/2015

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Dynamics
Definition
signs that indicate how loud or how soft you will play. Degrees of intensity, Examples p=piano=soft; f=forte=loud, etc
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Tempo
Definition
how fast or how slow, indicated by terms such as: Andante=walking Tempo; presto=fast; allegro= animated, moving forward, kind of fast
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Slur
Definition
curve line over different kinds of notes, indicates legato playing and also indicates phrasing.
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Triad
Definition
a three note chord comprised of two thirds
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interval
Definition
distance between sounds , i.e. thirds, seconds, fourths, etc
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Meter
Definition
numbers at the beginning of the score, looks like a fraction. The top number indicates amount of beats per measure, the lower number indicates what notes gets one beat.
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Simple meters:
Definition
are the ones that have 2,3 or four numerator
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Compound meters
Definition
have 6,9 or 12 for numerator
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irregular meters
Definition
have 1,5,7,8,10,11 or other numbers
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actual names of pitches
Definition
do, re, mi , fa, so , la, si/ti
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source for the names of sounds
Definition
a hymn in Latin to Saint John. Guido D'Arezzo an Italian monk, took the first opening syllables of each sentence of this hymn to come up with the names for the seven sounds
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Legato playing
Definition
indicated by a slur, means smoothly connected
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rest
Definition
indicates momentary absence od sounds, there are seven , one for each note
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Whole step
Definition
a major second or two half steps i.e. C to D
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half step
Definition
shortest distance between two sounds of the same kind, on the same line on in the same space i.e. G to G, C to C, Bb to Bb, etc.
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Notes
Definition
figures , symbols, that are used to write sounds, represent sounds. There are seven kinds. Whole note (4); half note (2), quarter note (1), Eighth note (1/2), sixteenth note (1/4), thirty second (1/8), and sixty fourth (1/16)
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Sharp
Definition
raises the sound half step up
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Flat
Definition
lowers the sound half step down
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key signature
Definition
set of flats or sharps at the beginning of the score indication the name of the key or tonality of the piece
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Ritardando
Definition
slow down at the end
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Staccato
Definition
short, light touch indicated by dots over or under the notes
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Major Scale
Definition
follows the formula WWHWWWH
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Dotted rhythms
Definition
dot adds half the value to the note
i.e. dotted half note = 3 beats
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fermata
Definition
a sign indicating hold the note under the fermata longer than its value
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Damper pedal
Definition
pedal to the right of the piano, holds, sustains the sounds. It is also called a sustain pedal
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