The organization of sounds and silences in time.

The loudness or softness of the music.

The overall structure or organization of a piece of music.

The highness or lowness of music.

The simultaneous sounding of the different pitches, often creating chords.

The speed of music.

The unique sound quality of an instrument or voice.

A short, recurring musical idea.

A type of scale or key often associated with a bright or happy sound.

The smallest interval in western music (e.g. C to D)

A series of musical notes arranged in ascending or descending order.

A more complete musical idea that is important in a piece.

An interval equal to half of a whole step (e.g. C to C#)

A musical sentence or complete musical thought.

A type of scale or key often associated with a darker or sadder sound.

The distance between two notes.

The central pitch and scale around which a piece of music is organized.

A sequence of chords.

Three of more notes played simultaneously.

A combination of notes that sounds clashing or unstable.

A basic three-note chord.

A symbol at the beginning of a piece indicating the number of beats per measure and the type of note that receives one beat (e.g. 4/4, 3/4)

Smooth connected notes.

A symbol indicating silence for a specific duration.

The relative durations of notes (e.g., whole note, half note, quarter note, eighth note).

Short detached notes.

An accent of emphasis on a beat that is normally weak.

Gradually getting faster.

The regular pulse of music.

A unit of musical time containing a specific number of beats indicated by bar lines.

Gradually getting louder.

Very loud.

Forte

Soft

Gradually getting softer.

Medium soft.

Medium loud.

Very Soft.