Studied by 4 people
time signatures
how many beats in each bar
tempo
speed of the music
BPM
beats per minute
Adagio
slow
lento
very slow
allegro
fast
presto
very fast
andante
walking pace
P / Piano
soft
PP / pianismo
very soft
F / forte
loud
FF -
very loud
MP / mezzo piano
medium soft
MF / mezzo forte
medium loud
crecendo
gradually getting louder
decrecendo
gradually getting softer
The length of the time the note is played is called the
note duration
whole notes duration
equal to 2 half notes
longest note duration in modern music
a whole note
occupy the same amount of time as one quarter note
four sixteenth note
halves the value of a note
flag
quarter note with 2 flags
sixteenth note
how many sixteenth notes equal a half note
8
how many eighth notes equal a whole note
8
vertical black bars called _ divide the staff into _
bar lines / measures
defines the amount and type of notes that each measure contains
time signatures
whole note
4 beats
half note
2 beats
quarter note
1 beat
eighth note
half of a beat
sixteenth note
one quarter of a beat
Note 
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