Rhythm Music

Beats can be played at

1/4 sec or 1 1/2

How many spaces is in a staff

4

A staff is made up of how many horizontal line

5

What is a clef

A musical symbol placed at the beginning of the staff that determines the letter names of the lines and spaces

What creates a grand staff

A single vertical line drawn to the left of multiple staffs

A beat

Divides music Into equal units of time

The first stressed beat is called a

Downbeat

Three common musical suffixes

Etto, ino, issimo

Allegro

Fast

Acelerando

Gradual quickening of tempo

Ritardando

Gradually slower

Metronome

Instrument to measure musical time

What does a measure or bar line refer to

It refers to the vertical line drawn through the staff to mark off metrical units

Vivace

Lively

By adding issimo it makes the word

Louder/ more amplified

Moderato

Moderately

Andante

Moderately slow

Molto

Much

Non troppo

Not too much

Meter

Organization of beats into regular groups

Organization of beats into

Regular groupings

Adagio

Slow

Music is classified into five groups which are

Tempo, dynamics, stylists, technical direction terms and connective terms

Rhythm

The flow of music through time

Tempo

The speed of the beat

Connective terms

To connect one to another

Tempo terms

To designate speed

What are two main clefs

Treble and bass

Double meter

Two beats

Presto

Very fast

Grave

Very slow

Largo

Very slow

Musical term

a word or expression that has a precise musical meaning it is a word or series of word that tell you how to perform a composition

prestissimo

as fast as possible

Accent

note is emphasized

Beat

repeated steady pulse in music

Syncopation

temporary irregularity in musical rhythm

double bar line

two lines that signal the end of a section of music

unaccented pulse preceding the downbeat

upbeat