GLOSSARY OF TERMS.

SUBJECT: MUSIC

UNIT 1: MUSIC THEORY

Redonda: Semibreve or whole note

Blanca: Minim or half note
Negra: Crotchet or quarter note
Corchea: Quaver or eighth note
Semicorchea: Semiquaver or sixteenth note
Puntillo: Dot
Silencio: Rest
Signo de compás: Time signature
Armadura de clave: Key Signature
Compás: Bar
Línea divisoria: Bar-line
Pentagrama: Staff or stave
Partitura: Score
Clave: Clef
Sostenido: Sharp
Bemol: Flat
Becuadro: Natural
Doble barra final: double bar line

UNIT 2: VOICE AND INSTRUMENTS

Soprano: highest woman’s voice
Mezzosoprano: intermediate woman’s voice
Contralto: lowest woman’s voice
Tenor: highest man’s voice
Baritone: intermediate man’s voice
Bass: lowest man’s voice
Instrumentos de cuerda frotada: Bowed String Instruments
Instrumentos de cuerda punteada: Plucked String Instruments
Instrumentos de cuerda percutida: Struck String Instruments
Instrumentos de viento madera: Woodwind instruments
Instrumentos de viento metal: Brass Instruments
Instrumentos de percusión: Percussion Instruments
Violín: violin
Viola: viola
Violonchelo: cello
Contrabajo: Double bass
Arpa: harp
Guitarra: guitar
Bajo eléctrico: bass guitar
Clavicémbalo: harpsichord
Flauta travesera: flute
Flauta dulce (la de clase): recorder
Oboe: oboe
Clarinete: clarinet
Saxofón: Saxophone
Fagot: Bassoon
Trompeta: trumpet
Trombón: trombone
Trompa: French horn
Tuba: tuba
Órgano de iglesia: pipe organ
Timbales: timpani
Batería: drums
Baquetas: drumstick
Teclado: keyboard
Orquesta: orchestra

UNIT 3: TEMPO
Tempo: the beat speed
Pulso: Beat
Metronome: instrument designed to mark exact time
Largo, Grave, Lento - very slow
Adagio – slow
Andante - literally "walking", a medium slow tempo
Moderato - moderate, or medium
Allegro – fast
Presto, Vivo, or Vivace – very fast
Accelerando - (abbreviated accel.) accelerating; getting faster
Ritardando and rallentando - (abbrev. rit., rall.) slowing down
Rubato, ad libitum, a piacere: Tempo is at the pleasure or discretion of the performer.
A tempo - ("tempo one" or "tempo primo") back to the original tempo

UNIT 4. RHYTHM
Rhythm: Movement marked by the regulated succession of strong and weak beats.
Ritmo binario: Duple meter
Ritmo ternario: Triple meter
Ritmo cuaternario: Quadruple meter
Ritmo de amalgama: Odd meter
Subdivisón binaria: simple
Subdivisión ternaria: compound
2/4: Duple Simple
6/8: Duple Compound
3/4: Triple Simple
9/8: Triple Compound
4/4: Quadruple Simple
12/8: Quadruple Compound