1. Music Masters Level 4-5

2. Notes & Rests

3. quarter note 1 beat

4. or eighth notes ½ beat each

5. half note 2 beats

6. whole note 4 beats

7. dotted half note 3 beats

8. sixteenth notes ¼ beat each

9. dotted quarter note 1 ½ beats

10. triplets 1/3 beat each 3

11. syncopation (syn-co-pa)

12. quarter rest 1 silent beat

13. whole rest 4 silent beats

14. half rest 2 silent beats

15. eighth rest ½ silent beat

16. Music Symbols & Vocabulary

17. treble clef

18. bass clef

19. staff

20. bar lines

21. measures

22. 2 42 4 time signatures or meter signatures 3434 4444 6868

23. repeat signs

24. < accent

25. tempo the speed of music

26. D.C. Da capo go back to the beginning

27. end Fine

28. D. S. Da Segno go back to the sign

29. the sign S

30. coda sign

31. first and second ending 1. 2.

32. a musical sentence phrase

33. fbhfbh ermata ird’s eye old

34. flat lowers the pitch ½ step

35. sharp raises the pitch ½ step #

36. natural cancels out the sharps or flats

37. Pentatonic Scale 5-tone scale

38. Dynamics

39. p piano soft

40. f forte loud

41. pianissimo pp very soft

42. fortissimo ff very loud

43. mezzopiano mp medium soft

44. mf mezzoforte medium loud

45. crescendo getting louder

46. decrescendo getting softer

47. Form

48. Name the Form A B

49. A Remember, each set of shapes represent a new song so you always start over with A. B C

50. Name the Form A A B

51. A A BB

52. Rondo Form AAAABCD

53. Voicings

54. soprano high-pitched women’s (or boys unchanged voice)

55. alto low-pitched women’s (or boys unchanged voice)

56. tenor high-pitched men’s voice

57. bass low-pitched men’s voice

58. Tempo Terms

59. allegro very fast

60. moderato medium speed

61. andante medium slow

62. largo very slow

63. accelerando (acc.) getting faster

64. ritardando (rit.) getting slower

65. Study hard for your test

66. Save

67. unison one sound, all voices singing or playing the same thing

68. harmony two or more different pitches sounding at the same time