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It’s the position of a single sound.

It’s a symbol denoting a musical sound. Like C, G, F.

It’s the basic unit of time.

It’s like a small oval shaped zero or letter O.

A semibreve has a value of four beats.

It’s similar to a semibreve but has a line coming out of


the right-hand side of its note head.

A minim has a value of two beats.


It’s like a minim but, it has its note head filled in
black.

This halves the value of the note again and so a


crotchet has a value of one beat, half as long as a
minim.

It’s like a crotchet but, it also has a tail coming out of


the side of its stem.

The note tail is also called flag or a hook.

It halves the value of the note again and so a quaver


has a value of half a beat, half as long as a crotchet.

An accent is when a specific note or phrase is emphasized with an increase in


intensity above other non-accented notes.

Staccato notes are played much shorter than their normal values.

It’s the opposite of staccato, all the notes have to be joined.

Also called non-legato, is between legato and staccato.

Are the levels of sound in music. It can be soft or loud.


It’s a sequence of notes in either descending or ascending order.

It is a musical work that has been created by a composer.

An instrumental composition intended to improve certain aspects of technique.

It is a set of five horizontal lines and four spaces that each represents a
different musical pitch.

In music, a bar is a subsection of time that’s defined by a time signature. For


example, a 4/4 time signature assigns four quarter notes to each bar.

The clef is a symbol used at the beginning of a piece of sheet music to denote
the note values on the staff.
Tempo is the speed at which a piece of music is played.

Natural notes in music refer to a note that is neither sharp nor flat. Typically a
natural note symbol is used to tell the musician that the note is natural despite
the key signature.

A flat note is one half-step below the same natural note in pitch.

A sharp note is one half-step above the same natural note in pitch.

A 'key signature' is an instruction at the beginning of written music, indicating


what the tonality of the piece is.

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