Music Vocab

Indicates the range of pitches that are represented in the music; it is located on the left of the staff

• Time Signature

• Fermata

• Clef

• Key Signature

Located after the clef

• Time Signature

• Tenuto

• Accent

• Key Signature

Indicates that the section of music should be repeated

• D.C. Al Fine

• First Ending

• Caesura

• Repeat Sign

A symbol that extends a note to be longer than its rhythmic value

• Fermata

• Accent

• Tenuto

• Legato

Half the length of a whole note; 2 beats in 4/4 time

• Eighth Note

• Half Note

• Whole Note

• Quarter Note

Half the length of a half note; 1 beat in 4/4 time

• Whole Note

• Eighth Note

• Half Note

• Quarter Note

The length of four quarter notes or two half notes; 4 beats, or a full measure, in 4/4 time

• Quarter Note

• Whole Note

• Eighth Note

• Half Note

A rest that is the length of four quarter notes or two half notes; 4 beats, or a full measure, in 4/4 time

• Half Rest

• Quarter Rest

• Eighth Rest

• Whole Rest

A rest that is half the length of a whole note; 2 beats in 4/4 time

• Whole Rest

• Quarter Rest

• Half Rest

• Eighth Rest

A rest that is half the length of a half note; 1 beat in 4/4 time

• Half Rest

• Quarter Rest

• Whole Rest

• Eighth Rest