JH Semester Test Study Guide

What is a composer

• writer of music, choral works, etc...

• someone who takes a song and changes it a little bit

• to play short and detached

• lines and spaces in which music is written on

What is an arranger?

• how the song should be preformed

• play note louder than the others

• someone who takes the song and changes it

• tells you what note receives 1 beat

What is the style of the song?

• which note receives 1 beat

• go back to original tempo of the song

• how many beats are in the measure

• a one word description of how the song should be preformed

Time Signature EX.

• 2/4, 3/4, 4/4

• 2 beats

• 1/4 beat

• 3 beat

Top number

• To play short and detached

• To move from a note to note without tonguing

• Tells you how many beats are in the measure

• Tells you which note receives 1 beat

Bottom note

• Writer of music

• Tells you what note received beat 1

• Tells you how many beats are in the measure

• Tells you to sing or play loud or soft and in between

Tempo 1

• Play note louder than the others

• when you see this word you go back to the original tempo of the song

• Get gradually louder

• Get gradually softer

16th note =?

• 1/2 beat

• 1/4 beat

• 1 beat

• 1 1/2 beats

8th note=?

• 1 beat

• 4 beats

• 1/2 beat

• 1/4 beat

Quarter note/Quarter rest=?

• 4 beats

• 1 beat

• 1 1/2 beats

• 1/2 beat