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Grade 3 Music Terms
Grade 3 Musical Terminology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| tonic | the first note of a scale |
| supersonic | the second note of a scale |
| mediant | the third note of a scale |
| subdominant | the fourth note of a scale |
| dominant | the fifth note of the scale |
| submediant | the sixth note of the scale |
| leading note | the seventh note of the scale |
| upper tonic | the eighth note of the scale |
| 6/8 | a compound duple time signature with two dotted crotchets in a bar |
| 9/8 | a compound triple time signature with three dotted crotchets in a bar |
| perfect cadence | Chord V to I |
| plagal cadence | Chord IV to I |
| binary | a form with two sections A and B |
| ternary | a form with three sections A B A |
| largamente | broadly |
| larghetto | rather broadly |
| prestissimo | extremely fast or as fast as possible |
| con motto | with movement |
| calando | getting softer and slower |
| morendo | dying away |
| forte-piano | loud then immediately soft |
| sforzando | a strong accent |
| agitato | with agitation |
| attacca | go on at once |
| animato | with animation |
| tranquillo | calmly |
| con anima | with feeling |
| con brio | with spirit |
| con grazia | with grace |
| con forza | with force |
| dolce | soft and sweet |
| risulto | with resolution |
| ben marcato | well marked |
| main droite | right hand |
| main gauche | left hand |
| una corda | with the soft pedal |
| tre corde | release the soft pedal |
| ad libitum | at pleasure, quite freely |
| 8va | an octave higher |
| loco | at normal pitch |
| opus | a work or group of works |
| M.M. | Maezel's metronome marking |
| Eb major | key signature with three flats |
| Ab major | key signature with four flats |
| E major | key signature with four sharps |
| C minor | key signature with three flats |
| G minor | key signature with two flats |