Music study
A semi breave is worth 4 beats
Minim is worth two beats
A crotchet is worth 1 beat
A quaver is worth ½ a beat
A semi quaver is worth ¼ of a beat
Treble clef, One the lines - Every, Good, Boy, Deserves, Fruit
Treble cleff - In the spaces FACE
Bass Clef One the lines Grey, Birds,Do, Fly, Away
Bass Clef, One the spaces All, Cows, Eat, Grass
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Gradually getting louder - crescendo
Gradually getting Softer- Decrescendo
Short and choppy - legato
Short and sharp - Staccato
dynamics is volume
texture is the amount of instruments
- Grave – slow and solemn (20–40 BPM)
- Lento – slowly (40–45 BPM)
- Andante – at a walking pace (73–77 BPM)
- Moderato – moderately (86–97 BPM)
- Allegretto – moderately fast (98–109 BPM)
- Allegro – fast, quickly and bright (109–132 BPM)
- Vivace – lively and fast (132–140 BPM)
- Presto – extremely fast (168–177 BPM)
- Prestissimo – even faster than Presto (178 BPM and over)
| Lento | Lento – slowly (40–45 BPM, with lento (translating as ‘slow’ or ‘sluggish’) |
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| Moderato | Moderato – moderately (86–97 BPM |
| Andante | At walking pace - (73-77 BPM] |
| Allegro | Allegro – fast, quickly and bright (109–132 BPM) |
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Pianissimo - very softly - pp
Piano - soft - p
Mezzo-piano - moderately soft - mp
Mezzo-forte - moderately loud - mf
Forte - loud - f
Fortissimo - very loud - ff
The two main female voice types
Soprano and alto but there is
- soprano (high voice)
- mezzo-sepoprano (medium female voice)
- alto (medium - lower voice).
Two main male voice types but
teno (high male voice)
baritone (middle male range)
Bass (lowest male range)