| A | B |
|---|
| Grave | Very slow, solemn |
| Adagio | Slow |
| andante | Moderately slow, walking pace |
| Allegretto | Moderately fast |
| Allegro | Fast |
| vivace | Lively |
| presto | very fast |
| prestissimo | as fast as possible |
| metronome | apparatus which produces ticking sounds or flashes of light at any desired constant speed |
| melody | series of single tones that add up to a recognizable whole |
| Step | Interval between two adjacent tones in the scale |
| leap | interval larger than that between two adhacent tones i nteh sacle |
| legato | smooth connected manner of performing a melody |
| staccato | short, detached manner of performing a melody |
| phrase | part of a melody |
| cadence | restingplace at the end of a phrase in a melody |
| incomplete cadence | inconclusive resting point at the end of a phrase which sets up expectations for phrases to follow |
| complete cadence | prgression giving a sense of conclusion of then from the chord to the tonic cord. definite resting place, giving a sense of finality, at the end of a phrase in a melody |
| climax | highest tone or emotional focal point in a melody or a larger musicalcomposition |
| sequence | in a melody the immediate repetition of a melodic pattern on a higher or lower pitch |
| theme | melod which servesas the starting point for an extended peice of music |
| harmony | how chords are constructed and how they follow eachother |
