Theology of Worship Midterm

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Brace

A bracket connecting two or more staves.

Staff

The five horizontal lines on which music is written.

Treble Clef

indicating tones above middle e; in hymbook the treble clef is usually on the upper staff and indicates notes to be sung by sopranos and altos (women voices).

Bass Clef

indicates tones below middle c which are to be sung by the bass or tenor. (Men voices)

Key Signature

The Sharp(s) or flat(s) at the beginning of each staff that indicate the key or tonality of a song.

Time signatures (Meter)

The numbers or the staves at the beginning of a song; the top number indicates the number of beats (counts) in a measure and the bottom number indicates the kind of note (note value) that gets one count.

Quarter Note

Gets 1 count in 4/4 meter.

Half Note

Gets 1 count in 2/2 meter.

Eighth Note

Gets 1 count in 6/8 meter.

2/4 ¾ 4/4 C 6/4

The top number tells us the number of beats per measure.

The bottom, number indicates each quarter note gets 1 beat.

2/2 C 3/2 4/2

The top number tells us the number of beats per measure.

The bottom number indicates each half note gets 1 beat.

3/8 6/8 9/8 12/8

The top number tells us the number of beats per measure.

The bottom number indicates each eighth note gets 1 beat.

Upbeat

One or several notes that occur before the first complete measure and thus before the first metrically accented beat (downbeat) of a song. Sometimes also called the pickup.

Measure

A group of beats (units of musical time) marked off in musical notations by bar lines. The distance between two bar lines.

Barlines

A vertical line drawn through the staff to mark off measures.

Repeat

The signs ||: at the beginning and :|| at the end of a section, which call for the repetition of that section.

Fermata

indicates to pause or to hold a note.

Dal Segno (D.S)

Indication for repetition not from the beginning but from another place (frequently near the beginning) marked by the sign.

Da Capo (D.C.)

To the beginning of the piece.

Coda

A concluding section of Music.

Fine

The end, finish.

Alle Breve

A tempo marking (equivalent to the time signature ) indicating quick duple time, i.e. with the half note rather than the quarter note receiving the beat.

Refrain

In a song, each repetition of the refrain is of course, set to the same melody, so that the term refers to both textual & musical repetition. The "refrain" is often called "chorus", while the changing text is referred to as a "verse" or "stanza".