Note :Sound of a distinct pitch, quality, or duration produced by a musical instrument or by the voice |
Enharmonic: 2 notes that differ in name but refer to the same pitch. For example, C# and Db .
Interval: The distance between two tones
Flat(b): To diminish the respective note by 1 semitone like:A to Ab
Octave : 2 notes that are 8 full tones apart, indicating the start and end of a scale
Unison: Various singers or instruments singing or playing the same note(s) together
Timbre [Lat.]: The quality of a musical tone that distinguishes voices, instruments and individual performers. It is the characteristic property of musical instrument which help us to separate between instruments like even same tune is played in guitar and piano we can separate between these instruments while listening due to difference in timbre.
Tempo[It] :The rate of speed at which a musical composition is performed
Tone: The quality of a musical sound
Chord : Combination of two or more notes
Arpeggio: Sounding of the notes of a chord by playing one after the other in rapid succession, instead of simultaneously
Crotchet: Quarter-note; 1 beat in duration
Measure or Bar: Period of a musical piece that indicates a complete cycle of the time signature; for example, in 4/4 time, a measure has 4 crotchet beats
Scale: A gradual series of tones arranged in a specified order.
Chromatic Scale: Scale containing all the notes within an octave, including sharps and flats.
Clef: Symbol at the beginning of the staff that decides the pitch of the notes on the staff. Most common clefs are the treble and bass clef.
Key: A system of tones and pitches based on the respective key note
Time Signature: Symbol at the start of a song or music score, indicating the number of beats to a measure or bar
Common Time : The time signature of 4/4; four beats per measure, each beat a quarter note (a crotchet) in length. 4/4 is often written on the musical staff as 'C'.
Compound Time :Metrical time such that 3 beats are counted as one;
each beat is divisible by 3
Modulation: To change or transit to different key
Melody: An arrangement of single tones in a meaningful sequence
Accent :Rhythmically significant stress in line of verse
Syncopation: The rhythmic result produced when a regularly accented beat is displaced onto an unaccented beat. Generally in reggae music upstroke is syncopated in guitar
Dynamics: Loudness or softness of a song. Also refers to the musical terms or symbols defining volume in a song
Register: A section of the range of an instrument or a voice. In guitar Lower string of guitar sound dull than upper strings and these sets of strings is referred to as register
Intonation : The degree of precision of pitch
Sustain: To sing or play a specific note for the specified duration
Triplet :3 notes played in the same amount of time as 1 or 2 beats
Ostinato: A repeated melodic or rhythmic fragment
Staccato: To sing or play in a short or detached manner
Glissando: Sliding quickly between 2 notes
Legato: Smooth, flowing
Harmony :2 or 3 tones played together to create a pleasant sound or musical effect, often to back up the melody or solo singer. Dissonance:Non resolved sounding tones Cadence: A short sequence of notes that marks the end of a piece or passage of music |
Chord Progression: A series of chords played in succession
Phrase : A small section of a composition comprising a musical thought. Compare with sentence in language.
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