Music Theory Vocab

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Staff notation

Representation of music on 5 lines and 4 spaces

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Musical alphabet

A B C D E F G

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Clefs

Treble clef (G clef), Bass clef (F clef)

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Ledger lines

Lines above and below the staff to identify notes

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Accidentals

Sharp, natural, or flat sign in front of the notes

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Double flat

Symbol that lowers a note by two half steps

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Double sharp

Symbol that raises a note by two half steps

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Whole step

Combination of two consecutive half steps

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Half step

Smallest distance between two notes

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Keyboard orientation

Labeling the keys on a keyboard

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Elements of rhythm

Beat, Meter, Rhythm, Note values, Rests, Dots, Ties

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Beat

Pulse of music

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Meter

Division of time indicated by time signatures

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Note values

Hierarchy of rhythm durations

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Rests

Silent intervals in music

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Dots

Extend the duration of a note by half its value

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Ties

Combine or extend the duration of two identical notes

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Time signatures

Top number says "how many" and the bottom number tells you "what note"

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Solo

Music performed by one person

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Molto

Much or a lot

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A tempo

Return to the original tempo

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I (primo)

First or original tempo

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Adagio

Slowly

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Poco a poco

Little by little

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Piu mosso

More motion

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Ritardando (rit.)

Gradually slow down

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Allegro

Fast

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Meno Mosso

Less motion

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Dal Segno (D.S.)

Go back to the sign

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Da Capo (D.C)

Go back to the beginning

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Fine

Finish

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Staccato

Short and separated

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Legato

Smooth and connected

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Tutti

All together

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Cantabile

In a singing style

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Soli

Small group

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Moderato

Moderately

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Maestoso

Majestic

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8va

Play an octave up

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Order of flats

BEADGCF

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Order of sharps

FCGDAEB

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Flat Key Identification

Second to last flat is the name of the key

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Sharp Key Identification

One half step up from last sharp

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Enharmonic

Same sound, different spelling of the note

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Pattern of whole and half steps for a major scale

WWHWWWH

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Circle of fourths

C F Bb Eb Ab Db Gb Cb

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