Music Terms & Symbol Review
Measure
Clef A symbol that assigns pitches to the staff
Whole Note
Ledger Line A small line added above or below the staff
Quarter Note
Mezzo Piano Medium Soft
Sixteenth Rest
Mezzo Forte Medium Loud
Whole Rest
Tempo The fastness and slowness of sound AKA: The speed of musical sound
Double Bar Line
Repeat Sign
Flat
Grand Staff
Treble Clef
Time Signature
Note A symbol that represents sound
Final Bar Line
Half Note
Crescendo (Gradually Louder)
Time Signature Tells you: - How many beats per measure - The type of note that gets a beat
Bass Clef
Rest A symbol that represents silence
Half Rest
Forte Loud
Tie
Quarter Rest
Crescendo Gradually get louder
Sharp
Slur
Accent
Release Pedal
Ledger Line
Eighth Note
Piano (dynamic) Soft
Fermata
Bar Line
Dynamics The Loudness and Softness of sound (volume)
Sixteenth Note
Pitch The highness and lowness of sound
Chord
Bass Clef Also called "F" clef, assigns lower pitches to the staff
Staff
Decrescendo Gradually get softer
Piano (soft)
Treble Clef Also called "G" clef, assigns higher pitches to the staff
Mezzo Piano (Medium Soft)
Duration The longness and shortness of sound
Eighth Rest
Staff The 5 lines and 4 spaces upon which music is written
Mezzo Forte (Medium Loud)
Staccato
Forte (Loud)
Natural
Decrescendo (Gradually Softer)
Ritardando Gradually Slow Down
Slur
Dotted Quarter Note
Engage Pedal
Down Bow
Left Hand Pizzicato
Natural Harmonic
Snap Pizzacato
Up Bow
Appoggiatura
Acciaccatura
Arpeggiated Chord
Flat Key Signature
Sharp Key Signature
Dal Sengo
Glisando
Left Hand Pizzicato
Martallato
Mordent
Common Time
Fortissimo
Pianissimo
Tempo Mark
Segno
Simile Mark
Staccatissimo
Tenuto
Tremolo
Trill
Tuplet
Turn