| A | B |
|---|
| Quarter Note | 1 beat |
| Half Note | 2 beats |
| Whole note | 4 beats |
| Eigth Note | two of these equal one quarter |
| Sixteenth Note | four of these equal one beat of sound |
| Doted half note | 3 beats of sound |
| quarter rest | 1 beat of rest |
| half rest | 2 beats of rest |
| whole rest | 4 beats of rest |
| Flat | lowers the sound of notes one half step |
| Johann Sebastian Bach | German Composer (1685 - 1750 |
| Ludwig van Beethoven | German Composer (1700 - 1827) |
| Johannes Brahms | German Composer (1833 - 1897) |
| Franz Josef Hayden | Austrian Composer (1732 - 1809) |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Austrian Composer (1756 - 1791) |
| Jaques Offenbach | French Composer (1819 - 1880 ) |
| Gioachino Rossini | Italian Composer (1792 - 1868 ) |
| Thomas Tallis | English Composer (1505 - 1585 ) |
| Peter Tchaikovsky | Russian Composer (1840 - 1893 |
| Tempo Markings | Tells us the speed of music |
| Time signature (Meter) | Tells us how many beats per measure and what kind of note gets one beat |
| Theme and variations | Musical form where theme is followed by variations |
| Staccato | Shortaned note. Played with stopped bow stroke. Show with a dot above or below the note |
| Solo | Performing alone or with an accompanist |
| Scale | Sequence of notes in accending or decending order |
| Shadow Bowing | Bowing without the instrament |
| Rehersal Numbers | Measue Numbers in squares above the staff |
| Rests | Silent beats |
| Sharp | Rases the sound of the note one half step |
| Piano "P" | Play softly |
| Pizzacato "pizz" | Pluck the strings |
| Notes | Tells us how to play or how high or low to play and how long to pay |
| Music Staff | 5 lines and 4 spaces |
| Multiple measures of rest | Tels how many measures to count and rest |
| Moderato | Moderate temop |
| Andante | Slow walking tempo |
| Arco "arco" | Play with bow on instrament |
| Bass Clef | "F" Clef used by cellos and bases |
| Comon time "C" | another way of writing 4/4 |
| Double bar | indicates the end of the music |
| Duet | Composition for two players |
| Dynamics | Tells us what volume to play |
| Forte "F" | Play very loudly |
| Interval | Distance between two notes |
| Ledger lines | ERxtends the music staff |
| Half step | Smallest distance between two notes |
| Whole step | Two half steps |
| Arpeggio | A chord whose pitches are played at one time |
| Balance Point | Point on bow where weight is equaly distributed |
| Bar Lines | Divide the music saff into measures |
| Beat | The pulse of the music |
| Chromatics | Notes altered with sharps, flats, and naturals |
| Clef | Indicates which set of notes to use |
| D.C. al Fine | Play untill D.C. al Fine, go back to the beginning, and play untill you see Fine |
| Down Bow | Pull bow away from body |
| Harmony | Two or more different piches sounding at the same time |
| Hooked Bowing | Two or more notes played in the same bowdirection with a pause in between |
| Key Signature | Tells us what notes to play with sharps or flats for entire piece |
| Measure | Section of music separated by bar lines |
| Natural Sign | Cancels sharps or flats and remains in affect throgh the measure |
| Allegro | Fast Bright tempo |
| Alto Clef | "C" Clef used by Violas |
| Up Bow | Move bow towards body |
| Up Beat | Note(s) thTahat come before the first full measure of rest |
| Treble Clef | "G" Clef used by Violins |
| Tie | Curved line that connects notes of the same pitch |
| Slur | Curved line that connects two or more different piches |
| Round | Musical form where performers play the same melody but start at different times |
| Accidental | Natural, aharp or flat not in the key signature. Remains in effect for the full measure |
