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| beat | the basic unit of time in music |
| rhythm | the pattern of beats in a piece of music |
| tempo | speed of the beat |
| pitch | the highness or lowness of a sound |
| dynamics | softness or loudness in music |
| key signature | shows what pitches should be flat or sharp throughout the piece of music |
| measure | set of notes and rests between two bar lines |
| tie | a curved line that connects two notes of the same pitch and indicates that the sound should be held for the length of both notes |
| round | song in which the voices sing the same melody over and over but begin at different times |
| sharp | a symbol indicating that a note is to be raised by a half step |
| flat | symbol indicating that a tone is to be lowered by a half step |
| coda | a concluding or ending section of a piece of music |
| fine | the end |
| al fine | to sing or play until you reach the word fine (the end) |
| staccato | notes having a separate, crisp sound; marked with dots over or under them |
| melody | the tune; a series of pitches moving upward, downward, or staying the same |
| legato | to play or sing in a smooth or connected way |
| ostinato | a rhythm or melody pattern that repeats |
| harmony | the sounding of two or more tones at the same time |
| mezzo piano | medium soft |
| mezzo forte | medium loud |
| piano | soft |
| forte | loud |
| decrescendo | to get softer gradually |
| fermata | a symbol placed over a note to show that it is to be held longer than it normally lasts |
| crescendo | to get louder gradually |
| unison | several people singing or playing a single melody at the same time |
| fortissimo | very loud |
| pianissimo | very soft |
