Music

Music

1. Time Signature

   • The number tell you about the beats in the bar

2. Triplets

   • The '3' and the curved line shows these notes are triplets.

3. Piano keyboard

4. Clefs

   • Treble Clef
     • Used for higher-pitched melody
   • Bass Clef
     • The bass Clef is used for lower-pitched instruments like the cello

5. Sharp, flats and Naturals

   • Sharp
     • A Sharp sign next to a note tell you to play it one semitone higher
     • Double Flat makes two semitones lower
   • Flat
     • A flat symbol next to a note means you have to play it one semitone lower
     • Double Sharp makes a note one semitone lower

6. Notes and rests

7. Tempo and mood

   • Largo
     • Broad and slow
     • 40-60 BPM
   • Larghetto
     • Still broad, not so slow
     • 60-66 BPM
   • Adagio
     • Bit faster than largo
     • 66-76 BPM
   • Andante
     • Walking Pace
     • 76-108 BPM
   • Moderato
     • moderate speed
     • 108-120 BPM
   • Allegro
     • Quick and lively
     • 120-168 BPM
   • Vivace
     • Very Lively- quicker than Allegro
     • 168-180 BPM
   • Presto
     • Really fast
     • 180-200 BPM
   • these words tell you how vary the speed.
     • Accelerando
       • speeding up
     • Rallentando
       • Slowing down
     • Ritenuto
       • Holding back the pace
     • allargando
       • Slowing down, Getting a bit broader
     • Rubato
       • Can be flexible with pace of music
     • A tempo
       • back to the original pace

8. Dynamics and Articulation

   • PP
     • Pianissimo
       • Very quiet
   • P
     • Piano
       • Quiet
   • mp
     • Mezzopiano
     • Fairly Quiet
   • mf
     • Mezzoforte
     • Fairly loud
   • f
     • Forte
       • Loud
   • ff
     • Fotissimo
       • Very Loud

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