2/4 Time Signature
-two beats per minute
-a quarter note is worth one beat
Half step
-distance between a key on the piano and IMMEDIATE next key
Whole step
-distance between one key on the piano and two key away/two keys away from the written note- black key to another black key, white key to another white key
Tetrachord
-chord( group of notes) with four pitches in it
Major scale
-two tetrachords put together
Fortissimo
play very loudly
Natural
-Symbol that means to play the white key of that pitch (G# black keym Gb black key, G natural white key)
Key signature: key of C & G major
-Key of C major- there are no sharps and n flats in this key
-Key of G major- 1 sharp, F#