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Music definitions.
Music
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Music Terms | Definition/Symbol |
| Allegro | Fast tempo |
| Andante | Slow, walking tempo. |
| Arco | Playing with bow |
| Arpeggio | Scale degree 1, 3, 5, and 8 of a scale. |
| Bar lines | Vertical line of the staff that divides music into measures. |
| Beat | Constant sound that keeps that music going. |
| Bow Lift | Comma above a rest, lift your bow in circle |
| Common Time | 4/4 |
| Double Bar | Two bar lines marks the end of section or piece |
| Dotted Half Note | 3 beats in 4/4 time |
| Down Bow | Pull the bow from frog to tip |
| Dynamics | How loud the music is |
| Forte | Loud- F |
| Half Note | 2 beats in 4/4 |
| Half Rest | Hat-looking |
| Hooked Bowing | two or more notes are played in the same bow direction |
| Key Signature | Tells which notes are sharp or flat in a piece of music, for example, d major is a key signature. |
| Ledger Lines | Extensions above or below the staff |
| Measure | Small sections of music organizes beats. |
| Moderato | Medium tempo |
| Measure Number | A numeral placed above or below the staff, usually at the beginning of a line or section, to label measures |
| Music Staff | How we read and write music, set of 5 lines and 4 spaces. |
| Natural sign and sharp sign | a sharp sign (♯) raises a note's pitch by a half-step (semitone), while a natural sign (♮) cancels any previous sharp, |
| Piano(p) | Play soft |
| Pizzicato | Pluck strings |
| Quarter note | One beat |
| Quarter rest | One beat of silence |
| Repeat Sign | tells you to play a section again, using symbols like a double bar with two dots |
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