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| (Symbol) Indicates realtive highness or lowness of pitches notated. |
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| Also known as Treble Clef |
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| Symbol used for notating relatively low pitches. |
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| Symbol used for notating relatively high pitches. |
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| A curved line that joins two duration symbols of the same pitch; the first note is held for its own duration as well as the duration of the note to which it is tied. |
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| the movement of a pitch from a line to an adjacent line or from a space to adjacent space. |
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| The movement of a pitch on the staff from a line to the next space directly above or below-or from a space to the next line directly above or below. |
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| Two notes that are more than a skip apart melodically. |
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| The relative highness or lowness of a musical sound. |
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| A linear succession of sounds and silences ordered in time |
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| Varied Lengths of sound or silence over an underlying beat. |
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| Regularly occurring strong and weak beats in music. |
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| The Starting note of a scale, the name of a key signature. |
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| Five parallel lines and four spaces upon which musical notation is written |
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| The underlying, unchanging repeating pulse found in most music. |
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| A rhythm resulting from a change in placement of the normal metrical accent. |
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| An incomplete measure of one or more notes found at the beginning of a composition; also known as pickup notes. |
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| A symbol that raises the pitch of a note one half step |
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| A symbol used to lower the pitch of a note one half step. |
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| A symbol used to cancel a previous sharp or flat. |
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| Symbols that are used to alter a pitch in some way (sharp, flat, natural) |
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| The smallest interval used in most of the music of Western civilization. |
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| A combination of two half steps. |
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| A sign placed at the beginning of a song, immediately following the clef sign that tells the performer the names of sharps and flats that occur in the music. |
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| The vertical lines that separate measures. |
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| the space between two bar lines |
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| A time signature whose upper number is a multiple of three and whose beat note can be divided into three equal parts creating a ratio of 3:1 |
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| terms used to designate two pitches having the same sound but different letter names. |
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| Extra lines that are added above or below the staff to accommodate extra pitches. |
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| An orderly ascending or descending arrangement of pitches within the limits of an octave. |
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| Musical symbols used to represent silence. |
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| A note value that is divided into three equal parts. |
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| Two numbers found at the beginning of a musical work, that represent how many beats are in a measure and what note or rest receives the beat. |
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| A time signature in which the upper number is a 2,3 or 4 and the beat note is divisible into two equal parts, creating a ratio of 2:1. |
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| hand and arm patterns, used by music directors, that represent the time signature. |
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| A curved line connecting two or more notes having different pitch names. |
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| The distance in pitch between two notes sounded consecutively. |
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| A name given to a major and minor key using the same key signature |
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| a smooth, corrected progression from note to note |
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| a passage added to the last major section of a form |
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| a gradual increase in volume |
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| a gradual decrease in volume |
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| a gradual decrease in volume |
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| a symbol that directs the performer to repeat a piece of music from the beginning to the term fine, where the piece ends |
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| a symbol that directs the performer to repeat a specific section of the composition... from the D.S. symbol [image] to the term fine. |
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| a musical symbol that indicates a note should be held longer than its usual duration |
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| a succession of notes that form a distinctive sequence |
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| an imitative process through which children learn to speak, sing or move |
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| a note played as a quick release of sound, choppy |
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| distinctive qualities of sound distinguishing one sound source from another, tone color. |
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| the style in which notes are played (Staccato, legato etc...) |
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| the degree of volume in a musical composition |
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| a symbol that tells a perform to repeat a section of music |
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| Young People's Guide to the Orchestra |
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| String instruments (highest to lowest) |
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| Violin, Viola, Cello, Double Bass, (Also harp but its both higher and lower) |
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| Brass instruments (highest to lowest) |
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| Trumpet, French horn, trombone, tuba |
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| Woodwinds highest to lowest |
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| picolo, flute, clarinet, oboe, english horn, bassoon, contrabassoon. |
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| Tempo slowest to fastest: |
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| Grave, Largo, Adagio, Andante, Moderato, Allegro, presto, prestissimo |
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| dynamics softest to loudest |
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| PP (pianissimo), P (piano), MP (Mezzo Piano), MF (mezzo forte), F (forte), FF (Fortissimo) |
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| Vocal ranges of men (lowest to highest) |
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| Vocal Ranges of Women (lowest to highest) |
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| Alto, Mezzo Soprano, Soprano |
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