Beat Pulse of music Rhythm Long and/or short sounds of music Phrase Musical sentence Barline Separates measures Measure A unit of time Music The movement of sound through time Quarter Note One sound on a beat in 4/4 Eighth Note Two sounds on a beat in 4/4 Time Signature Top number tells how many beats in a measure Whole Note Four beats long Half Note Two beats long Dotted Half Note Three beats long Pitch High and low sounds Treble Clef High pitched instruments, G clef Bass Clef Low pitched instruments; F clef Solfa or Solfege Singers Language Dynamics Symbols that show how to play loud versus soft Staff The 5 lines and 4 spaces upon which music is written Scale A particular set of tones or notes Pentatonic Scale 5 tone scale: do, re, mi, so, fa; "magical scale" Major Scale Do to Do; 8 notes Anacrusis the note or notes preceding a downbeat; upbeat Basic Music Terms-1
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