Music Definitions/Characterisitics

Is used for low pitched instruments and voices.

• Treble Clef

• Quarter note

• Bass Clef

• Eighth note

Is big and strong, which allows it to hang from the line.

• Quarter note

• Repeat Sign

• Quarter rest

• Whole rest

Two dots that tell you to do it again.

• Repeat Sign

• Quarter note

• Half note

• Whole rest

Equals 1 beat of sound.

• Quarter note

• Half note

• Eighth note

• Whole note

Made of 5 lines and 4 spaces.

• Measure

• Staff

• Bar Line

• Treble Clef

Soft.

• Fortissississimo

• Piano

• Mezzo Forte

• Crescendo

Gradually get louder.

• Decrescendo

• Crescendo

• Mezzo Forte

• Fortissississimo

Looks like a Hat.

• Whole rest

• Half rest

• Eighth rest

• Quarter rest

Looks like a pair of headphones.

• Beamed Eighth Notes

• Bass Clef

• Repeat Sign

• Whole rest

Very soft.

• Pianissimo

• Fortissississimo

• Pianississimo

• Mezzo Forte