Mr Doherty Dynamics how loudly or softly you should play Piano Soft ForteLoud Fortissimo Very Loud Pianissimo Very Soft Mezzoforte Medium Loud Mezzopiano Medium Soft Crescendo ID: 775805
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Sr. Band Final / Post-Assessment Review Packet – Part 1Mr. Doherty
Slide2Dynamics – how loudly or softly you should play
Piano= Soft
Forte=Loud
Fortissimo= Very Loud
Pianissimo= Very Soft
Mezzoforte
=
Medium Loud
Mezzopiano
=
Medium Soft
Crescendo (
cresc
.)Means to get louderDiminuendo (dim)means to get softer
Slide3Tempo – how fast or slow a piece is to be played, measured in bpmor beats per minute
Grave = Extremely SlowLargo = Very SlowAdagio = SlowModerato = Moderate SpeedAndante = Walking SpeedAllegro = Fast and joyfulVivo / Vivace = Very Fast
Accelerando
means to get faster
Ritardando
means to get slower
Slide4Rhythm
= Four beats in
= Two beats in
= Three beats in
The “dot of prolongation adds half of the note value
to the primary note
= one beat in
= half a beat in
=
Slide5Sixteenth Notes
Counted
One-
e
-and-a
Counted
One-and-a
Counted
One-
e-and
Counted One-e-a
Counted One-a
Counted
One-
e
Slide6Tuplets – a certain number of notes in one beat.
Triplet = 3 notes in one beat in
Quintuplet = 5 notes in one beat in
Septuplet = 7 notes in one beat in
Slide7Rests – a silence takes the place of a note
Multiple measure rest (15)
Quarter rest = 1 beat
Half rest = 2 beats
Whole rest = 4 beats
Eighth rest = ½ beat
16 rest = ¼ beat
Slide8Syncopation – when the offbeats (off-beats are accented)
The Entertainer – Ragtime music features many accented
offbeats
.
Slide9Simple Meter = the number of beats in a measure which note gets one beat
4 beats per measure
a quarter note gets
one beat
Common time = 4/4
Three beats per measure
a quarter notes gets a beat
A Waltz is in ¾ time
Five beats per measure
a quarter note gets a beat
Cut time means there
are two beats per
measure and a half
note gets a beat
Marches are often in
cut time
Slide10Compound Meter = the number of beats in a measure which note gets one beat
6 beats per measure
an eighth note
gets a beat
Slide11Musical Symbols
D.S. –
Dal
Segno = back to the sign
D.C. – Da Capo = back to the beginning
Segno, or Italian for sign
Coda – an added ending on a piece of music
Repeat sign
Accent – emphasize this note
Fermata – hold this note until the conductor cuts you off
Caesura – a complete stop in a piece of music
Slide12Treble and Bass Clef
Treble Clef (G Clef) tells you where the noteG is.
Bass Clef (F Clef) tells you where the note F is.
Slide13Musical Symbols
A flat lowers a note a
half step
A natural means to play the
Regular note, it gets rid of
A sharp or a flat
A sharp raises a note a
half step
Staccato notes are played short and
detatched
Ex.
Ex.
Slide14Musical Terms
Tutti – everyone playsUnison – many instruments playing the same notesEnharmonic – two different names for the same noteInterval – the distance between two notesHalf step – the distance from a note to it’s “sharp” (Ex. C to C#).Whole step – two half stepsOstinato – a repeated musical passage
Ledger lines – notes played outside
the staff
Chromatic Scale – a scale with all half steps
Ritardando
– slowing down
Simile – play the notes the same as before
Sforzando
– a type of harsh accent
Scale – an ascending series of seven notes
in the pattern WWHWWWH
Divisi
– divided parts.
Arpeggio – notes of a chord played
seperately
.
Slide15Enharmonics – two different names for the same pitch
Db = ? A# = ?
G# = ?
Gb
= ?
Bb = ? F# = ?
Slide16Key Signatures – look at this first whensight reading!
Key of _____
Key of _____
Key of _____
Key of _____
Key of _____
Key of _____
Slide17Rules – Flats and Sharps
Once a note is flat or sharp in a measure it stays flat or sharp.A natural will cancel out a previous flat or sharp in a measure.The bar line cancels out any sharps or flats from the previous measure.
What is the name of the last note?
What is the name of the last note?
What is the name of the last note?
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