Music theory - note duration, note reading on treble clef, words in italian

time signatures

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