Music Chap. 4 – Flashcards
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Notation
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system of writing down music so that specific pitches and rhythms can be communicated
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Note
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in notation, a black or white oval which a stem and flags can be added
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Staff
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in notation, a set of five horizontal lines between or on which notes are positioned
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Ledger lines
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short, horizontal lines above or below the staff, used to indicate a pitch that falls above or below the range indicated by the staff
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Sharp sign
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symbol which notates a pitch one half step higher than the pitch that would otherwise be indicated for example, the next higher black key on the piano
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Flat sign
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symbol which notates a pitch one half step lower than the pitch that would otherwise be indicated for example, the next lower key on the piano
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Natural sign
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symbol used in notation of pitch to cancel a previous sharp or flat sign
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Treble Clef
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notation on a staff to indicate relatively high pitch ranges, such as those played by a pianist's right hand
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Clef
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symbol placed at the beginning of the staff to show the exact pitch of notes placed on each line and space
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Bass clef
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symbol on the staff indicating relatively low pitch ranges, such as those played by a pianist's left hand
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Grand Staff
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combination of the treble and bass staves, used in keyboard music to encompass the wide range of pitches produced by both hands
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Middle C
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note C nearest to the center of the piano keyboard, notated as the pitch on the ledger line below the treble clef and above the bass clef
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Stem
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vertical line on a note indicating how long that note is to be held relative to the notes around it
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Flag
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wavy line attached to the stem on a note, indicating how long that note is to be held relative to the notes around it
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Beam
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horizontal line connecting the flags of several eighth notes or sixteenth notes in succession, to facilitate reading those notes
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Dotted note
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note with a dot to the right of it. this dot increases the note's undotted duration by half
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Dotted rhythm
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long-short rhythmic pattern in which a dotted note is followed by a note that is much shorter
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Tie
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in notation of rhythm, an arc between two notes of the same pitch indicating that the second note should not be played but should be added to the duration of the first
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Triplet
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in notation of rhythm, three notes of equal duration grouped within a curved line with the numeral 3, lasting only as long as two notes of the same length would normally last
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Rest
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in notation of rhythm, a symbol to indicate the duration of silence in the music
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Time Signature
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two numbers, one above the other, appearing at the beginning of a staff or the start of a piece, indicating the meter of the piece
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Score
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notation showing all the parts of a musical ensemble, with a separate staff for each part, and with simultaneously sounded notes aligned vertically; used by the conductor
