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| cancels previous sharps or flats |
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| Distance between two notes |
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| moving in the opposite direction |
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| made up of two half steps, major 2nd interval |
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| rest indicating silence for two beats |
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| moving in the same direction |
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| common time indicating a meter signature of 4/4 time |
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| indicates silence for the duration of four beats |
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| play smoothly and connected |
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| raises a pitch one half step |
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| lowers a pitch one half step |
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| arrangement of note values |
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| the distance from one note to the next, interval of a minor 2nd |
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| used to extend the range of the grand staff |
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| segments of the total range of the keyboard |
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| a five note scale built on the black keys |
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| major five-finger pattern |
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| aka major pentachord or pentascale |
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| indicates pitches of notes, aka G clef because it encircles the second line (G), played by the right hand |
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| indicates pitches, aka F clef, because 4th staff line (F) is enclosed by the two dots, played by the left hand |
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short curved line-marking indicating the notes are to be played legato
long curved line-indicates phrasing |
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| curved line connecting two adjacent notes of the same pitch, the second note isn't sounded, but the held for the duration of its value |
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| sometimes made up of sharps or flats, indicates the key of the piece |
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| playing a piece in a different key |
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| connects two eighth notes |
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| gradually slowing of the tempo |
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| accompaniment that repeatedly uses the interval of the fifth |
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| a melody is played with each new person starting the melody at specific times indicated |
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| pattern of whole steps and half steps formed by the white keys from D to D |
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| sounds constructed of bunched seconds |
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| a sweeping sound produced by pulling one or more fingernails over the keys |
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| uses the element of chance in creating a piece |
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| indicates the piece should be repeated from the beginning or from wherever there is another repeat bar |
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| means return to the beginning and play to the measure where "fine" appears |
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| sustain note longer than indicated time value |
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| temporarily added to the body of the piece after the pitches, and are canceled by bar lines |
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| play an octave above or below what is written |
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| play crisply and detached |
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| positioned to the right, used to produce blurred tonal effects |
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| weak unaccented beat leading to a downbeat |
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| pattern of tones repeated at a higher or lower pitche |
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| made up of three notes; the root, the third, and the fifth |
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