Music Vocabulary

The main line of music

• Dynamics

• Melody

• Harmony

• Mode

Gradually getting louder

• Forte

• Decrescendo

• Piano

• Crescendo

How low or high a note sounds

• Fermata

• Pitch

• Legato

• Tone

The speed of the pulse of the music

• Tempo

• Time Signature

• Timing

• Note

Two or more notes heard together

• Clef

• Music

• Harmony

• Melody

The space in between two bar lines

• Space

• Bar Line

• Measure

• Staff

The length of a note or rest in relation to the beat

• Time Signature

• Melody

• Pitch

• Rhythm

Soft/quiet

• Dynamics

• Mezzo

• Piano

• Forte

Notes performed smoothly

• Legato

• Staccato

• Tenuto

• Fermata

Notes performed with separation

• Legato

• Crescendo

• Staccato

• Choppy