1
Q
Adagio
A
Slow
2
Q
Allegro
A
Fast
3
Q
Andante
A
Walking pace
4
Q
Beat/Pulse
A
Basic pulse you hear in music
5
Q
Crotchet
A
1 beat
6
Q
Dotted minim
A
3 beats
7
Q
Forte
A
Loud (f)
8
Q
Lines and spaces on the treble clef
A
Where the note goes
9
Q
Major
A
Bright/Happy
10
Q
Minim
A
2 beats
11
Q
Minor
A
Sad/Dark
12
Q
Piano (dynamic)
A
Quiet (p)
13
Q
Quaver
A
1/2 beat
14
Q
Semibreve
A
4 beats
15
Q
Slower
A
Rallentando
16
Q
Treble Clef
A
Primarily notates notes above middle C
17
Q
AB
A
Binary
18
Q
ABA
A
Ternary
19
Q
Accent
A
Notes which sound louder than others
20
Q
Ascending
A
The notes from the previous are raised by one beat
21
Q
Binary
A
Music split into 2 sections
AB
22
Q
Compound time
A
6/8 or 9/8 or 12/8
23
Q
Descending
A
The notes from the previous bar are lowered one step
24
Q
Dotted crotchet
A
1 1/2 beats
25
Dotted quaver
1/4 beat
26
Grouped semiquavers
1/4 notes grouped together
27
Octave
Distance between 8 notes
28
Mezzo-forte
Medium loud
29
Mezzo-piano
Medium quiet
30
Paired quavers
1/2 beat notes grouped together
31
Pause
Musical flow held by a long note or silence
32
Repeat
Play the section of music again
33
Repetition
Notes from the previous bar are repeated
34
Semiquaver
1/4 beat
35
Sequence
Melodic phrase which is immediately played at a higher or lower pitch
36
Simple time
2/4 or 3/4 or 4/4
37
Staccato
Short and spikey
38
Ternary
Music is split into 3 sections
ABA
39
Change of Key
Changing from one key to another
Major -> Minor
40
Chord progression
A series of related chords
41
Fortissimo
Very loud
ff
42
Ground bass
A theme in the bass which is repeated many times
43
Moderato
Moderate pace
44
Pianissimo
Very quiet
pp
45
Pentatonic
5 note scale
46
Sforzando
Sudden loud accent
sfz
47
Passacaglia
Variations of ground bass
48
3 against 2
Three notes playing against two
49
Time changes
Groupings of notes change but underlying pulse remains consistent
50
Irregular time signatures
The time signatures change or there are unusual number of beats in a bar (5/8, 7/8, 4/3)
51
Augmentation
Increase of length in the notes
52
Diminuition
Decrease in length of notes
