MuSic

Tempo- Speed of a piece of music, measured in BPM

Pitch- how high or low a note is

Structure- How a piece is organised, order of the sections

Tonality- whether the piece of music is in a major, minor, or atonal scale.

Chord- Three or more notes played together

Dynamics-how loud or soft something is; the volume

Texture- amount of parts going/playing at once

Instrumentation- what instruments are played

Time Signature- indicates Number of beats in each bar

Bar Lines- divides the song into smaller parts

Clef- Bass or Treble

Staff- Where the notes are notated on

Japanese Instruments:

Koto- harp like, plucked instrument

Biwa- heavy, banjo sounf, used to accompany a singer

Kokyu- Bowed string instrument

Shamesin-banjo/guitar like plucked

Shakuhachi- end blown flute

Sho- mouth organ, sounds…

Taiko- drum

Parts of a Guitar:

1. tunning peg

2. head

3. nut

4. bridge

5. frets

6. neck

7. body

8. sound hole