1 Glossary

English Spanish Definition

Beat Pulso The beat is the internal rhythm of the music and serves as a
guide when you play an instrument or sing.

Clef Clave The musical symbol that identifies the pitch of the notes.

The quality of sound that distinguishes between short and long

Duration Duración
sounds.

Dynamics Intensidad Dynamics let us classify sounds as loud, medium-loud and soft.

Loud Fuerte Marked by intensity or volume of sound.

Noise is usually defined as an annoying sound, but this definition

Noise Ruido
is subjective and imprecise.

Pitch Altura The quality of sound that distinguishes between low and high
sounds.
Recorder Flauta dulce A woodwind musical instrument in the flute family.

Repetition Signos de Repetition symbols are used to avoid rewriting the fragments
symbols repetición which are repeated in the score.

Silence Silencio The absence of sound or noise.

Quiet in pitch or volume.

Soft Suave

Sound is produced when an object vibrates. The vibrations are

Sound Sonido
transmitted in the form of sound waves.

Soundtrack Banda sonora The soundtrack is actually all the sounds which accompany the
images on screen: the music, the sound effects and the
dialogue.

Stave Pentagrama The set of five lines and four spaces on which we write music.

Timbre Timbre Timbre is the quality of sound that indicates who or what is
producing it.