music theory grade 1

Semibreve

Music note for 4 beats

Minim

Music note for 2 beats

Crochet

Music note for 1 beat

Quaver

Music note for ½ beat

Semi quaver

Music note lasting ¼ of a beat

Bar line

The line between each bar of music

Double bar line

The double lines at the end of a piece of music

Time signature

The name gown to the numbers at the beginning of music

Top time signature number

Number of beats per bar

Time signature lower number

The kind of note that the beat is

C - common time

A time signature that can be used in stead of 4/4

pp

Very soft

p

Soft

mp

Medium soft

ff

Very loud

f

Loud

mf

Medium loud

Crescendo

Gradually louder

Diminuendo

Gradually softer

Rinforzando (greater than sign)

Place emphasis on this note

C major scale

No sharps or flats

Ledger lines

The lines in / through a note above the stave

the stave

The 5 lines notes are placed on

Treble (G) clef

Curly signs at the start of music which starts on the G line

Bass (f) clef

Left hand on piano, backwards C with two dots either side of d line. Note is called 2 tones up from where note is written

F major scale

B flat

G major scale

F sharp

D minor - harmonic

D, e, f, g, a, b flat, C sharp, D

D major

F sharp / C sharp

A minor - melodic

A, b, c, d, e, f sharp, g sharp, a

A, g, f, e, d, c, b, a

Ties

Joining notes, must be the same notes and next to each other

Rest

The signs for silence

Dots

Dot after a note or rest makes it half as long again