Music Vocab

Musical symbol that indicates a section of the music is to be played again  

• Bar Line
• Double Bar Line
• Repeat Sign
• Time Signature

Musical symbol that indicates the end of a song  

• Bar Line
• Double Bar Line
• Repeat Sign
• Time Signature

Vertical line that divides music into measures  

• Bar Line
• Double Bar Line
• Repeat Sign
• Time Signature

A section of music between 2 bar lines containing a certain number of beats as determined by the time signature  

• Measure
• Rhythm
• Beat
• Melody

Combinations of sounds & silence performed over a steady beat  

• Measure
• Rhythm
• Beat
• Melody

The steady, repetitive pulse of the music  

• Tempo
• Rhythm
• Dynamics
• Beat

Top number indicates how many beats are in each measure. Bottom number indicates which rhythm symbol equals 1 count/beat  

• Rhythm
• Tempo
• Time Signature
• Dynamics

The speed of the music  

• Rhythm
• Tempo
• Time Signature
• Dynamics