Music Concepts

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Melody
A tune
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Step
Music moves from one note to the next nearest note.
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Leap
Music moves to notes that are not next to each other.
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Ascending
Music goes up in pitch.
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Descending
Music goes down in pitch.
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Major
Sounds bright, cheery, happy.
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Minor
Duller and sadder than the major key.
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Stave
Five lines the notes sit on or in-between.
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Bar lines
A vertical line to separate a certain amount of beats.
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Time signature
Two numbers at the start of music to tell you how many beats are in a bar.
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Repeat sign
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Repition
A phrase is immediately repeated.
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Sequence
A pattern is immediately at a higher or lower
pitch.
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Ostinato
A phrase is repeated many times (over and over again).
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Syncopation
Music played off the beat-sounds jumpy.
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Piano (p)
Quietly.
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Forte (f)
Loudly.
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Diminuendo
Getting quieter.
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Crescendo
Getting louder.
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Accelerando
Getting faster.
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Rallentando
Getting slower.
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Legato
Play smoothly.
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Staccato
Play short, separate, jumpy.
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Card 2

Front

Music moves from one note to the next nearest note.

Back

Step

Card 3

Front

Music moves to notes that are not next to each other.

Back

Preview of the back of card 3

Card 4

Front

Music goes up in pitch.

Back

Preview of the back of card 4

Card 5

Front

Music goes down in pitch.

Back

Preview of the back of card 5
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