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Year 9 Test 2
Year 9
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Staff (or Stave) | A set of five horizontal lines and four spaces that represent different musical pitches. |
| Clefs | Symbols at the beginning of each staff that indicate the pitch range of the notes on that staff (e.g., treble clef high, bass clef). |
| Notes and Rests | Symbols that represent the pitch and duration of sounds and silences. |
| Pitch | Notes represented on the staff maybe high medium or low sounds uses the notes A B C D E F G |
| Treble Clef (Also know as the G clef because when starting to draw the clef you start on the G line.) | Higher sounding notes using E,G,B,D,F for the lines and F.A.C.E for the spaces. |
| Bass Clef (Also know as the F clef because the two dots are either side of the F line) | Lower Sounding notes used A,C,E,G and G,B,D,F,A. |
| Percussion Clef | Means the sounds are unpitched eg you can't locate a A B C D E F G |
| Dynamics | Instructions on the volume at which the music should be played (e.g., p for piano, f for forte, crescendo getting louder |
| Articulation | Symbols that indicate how individual notes should be played or sung (e.g., staccato, legato). |
| Tempo Markings | Indications of the tempo at which the music should be performed. Usually in Italian Terms eg Moderato Moderate tempo. |
| Expression (Used to be called Expressive Techniques) | How an instrument is played eg strummed, plucked, hit. |
| Time Signature | Tells you how many beats are in a bar (top number) bottom number tells you type of beats. |
| Tempo | The speed of the beat eg Slow, Med Fast and usually located at the start of the piece and when the piece changes! |
| Structure | The sections of music found in a piece, eg verse then a chorus changes can be indicated by a A or. B, C, D on the score also |
| Texture | Thin (one or two instruments) Medium (Three to more) Thick like an orchestra with many instruments being played. |
| Call and Response | One instrument calls the other responds can be used with a voice also. |
| Phrase | Musical sentence, usually in 4 or 8 bars which is even phrasing or 3 or 6 is odd phrasing |
| Riff | A short musical pattern repeated usually used in Rock music |
| Ostinato | A pattern that repeats |
| Duration | An element of music that is the length of notes, the tempo and time signature |
| Timbre (used to be called Tone Colour) | The unique sound of an instrument eg Bright Trumpet (use an adjective to describe the sound. Hollow Drum Mellow Cello! |
| Chord | Three or more notes played together either in a block or broken like an arpeggio |
| Scale | A series of pitched notes stepping between tones, semitones either ascending or descending |
| Pentatonic | A five note scale often used in cultural music, Jazz and Rock. |
| Brass Family | Instruments that have valves or slides |
| Woodwind Instruments | Have keys and a reed |
| String Family | Has strings that vibrate to make sound |
| Percussion | Instruments that can be hit or shaken |
| Major Chords | Have a brighter sound and the 3rd of the chord is a semitone higher than the Minor Chord |
| Minor Chord | Has a minor third (semitone lower) and a duller sound than the major chord. |
| Semibreve | 4 beat note goes for 4 counts |
| Minim | 2 beat note |
| Crotchet | One beat note |
| Quaver | 1/2 a beat note |
| Semiquaver | 1/4 a beat (4 fit into 1 beat) |
| Phrase | Musical Sentance |
| Circle of Fifths | The circle of fifths is a visual representation of the relationships between the 12 musical keys, arranged in a circle based on the interval of a perfect fifth |
| Key Signatures | A key signature is a set of sharp, flat, or natural symbols placed at the beginning of a musical staff that indicates which notes are to be played a half step higher or lower throughout a piece |
| Contour | The shape of the melody, can be jumpy, wavy, static, disjunct, scalic, step wise. |
| Static | The same note repeated |
| Drone | Sustained note under the music |
| Pedal Point | A pedal point is a musical technique where a single note is sustained or repeated while the chords in other parts of the music change around it |
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