Articulations, Tempos & Half Steps/Whole Steps

Articulations, Tempos & Half Steps/Whole Steps

Articulation

How an individual note or group of notes are played

Stacatto

Short & detatched

Staccatissimo

Very short & detatched

Accent

Attack the note louder

Marcato

Short & accented (short & fat)

Legato

To play smooth & connected

Tenuto

to play a note it's full value

(to play legato, but with a tongue beginning to the note)

Fermata

play the note or rest longer than it's usual value

i.e. you might hold a whole note for 6 beats, instead of 4

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Tempo

Tempo is the speed of music

bpm = beats per minute (so 60bpm = a beat per second)

Really Slow Tempo Markings - _{like a sloth}

• Grave - Slow & Solemn - 20-40bpm

• Lento - Slowly - 40-60bpm

• Largo - Broadly/Slowly - 40-60bpm

Slow & Medium Tempo Markings _{like a tortoise}

• Adagio - slow, at ease- 66-76bpm

• Tranquillo - tranquil, calmly - 80bpm

• Andante - a walking pace, medium slow - 72-76bpm

• Moderato - moderately - 108-120bpm

Fast Tempo Markings - _{like a dog running}

• Allegretto - moderately fast, slower than Allegro - 116-120bpm

• Allegro - fast, quickly - 120-156bpm

• Vivace - Briskly, lively & fast - 156-176bpm

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Crazy Fast Tempos - _{like a cheetah}

• Presto - Very, very fast - 168-200bpm

• Prestissimo - Faster than Presto - 200+ bpm

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Multiple Select

What tempo markings are considered slow?

• Lento

• Allegro

• Largo

• Moderato

Multiple Select

Which tempo markings are considered fast?

• Grave

• Allegro

• Vivace

• Adagio

Multiple Select

Which tempo markings are considered crazy fast?

• Prestissimo

• Allegretto

• Moderato

• Presto

Multiple Select

Which tempos could be considered medium speed?

• Tranquillo

• Andante

• Lento

• Moderato

Half Steps, Whole Steps & Enharmonic Notes

Understanding the music you read and play

Half Steps

• Smallest interval in music

• Notes are "right next to each other"

• A chromatic scale is made up of half steps - all of the notes that exist between two notes

Whole Steps

• Notes are not right next to each other

• A space of two half steps

• There will be a note in between

Enharmonic Notes

• Notes that are spelled different, but are the same note

• They might look different, but they are the same pitch - they are the same note

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Sharp

Raise a note by a half step

Flat

Lower a note by a half step

Multiple Choice

The distance between G and A is...

• Whole step

• Half step

• Enharmonic

Multiple Choice

The distance between D and Eb is...

• Half step

• Whole step

• Enharmonic

Multiple Choice

The distance between B and C is...

• Half step

• Whole step

• Enharmonic

Multiple Choice

The distance between D# and Eb is...

• Half step

• Whole step

• Enharmonic

Multiple Choice

The distance between F and E is...

• Half step

• Whole step

• Enharmonic

Multiple Choice

The distance between Ab and G# is...

• Half step

• Whole step

• Enharmonic