Transcript CLEF

September 6, 2012
CLEF
In sheet music, a symbol at the
beginning of the staff defining
the pitch of the notes found in
that particular staff.
Treble Clef –
Bass Clef –
Indicates the G line
Indicates the F line
September 7, 2012
Dynamics
Dynamics
means if the
music is loud or
soft
 Example: In the
Star Spangled
Banner where it
is soft then the
part about
rockets gets
loud.

Avery Witt
Accelerando
Gradually increasing in speed.
To accelerate in speed slowly
You use it in music to increase the speed of the song,
which also changes the way the song is sung.
Hannah Arbeiter
September 11, 2012
September 12, 2012
Encore
A piece of music played at the end of a recital or concert
responding to the audiences enthusiastic reaction to the
performance, shown by continuous applause.
Encore is a repeated performance of an item at the end of
a concert. In my own words encore is a repeated
performance.
Encore is used in music because it is a performance at the end.
Clarissa Perr
A school of German music at the
beginning of this century, often atonal and
violent in style, as a means of evoking
heightened emotions and expressing states of
mind.
The emotional quality in music
September 13, 2012
September 17, 2012
Harmony is used in music by
trying to fit the voices
together to make it sound
good.
By: Kristina Gemoll
Medley-
a piece of music combining tunes or passages
from various sources
September 18, 2012
Savanna Meadows
A booklet of music with
various musical selections.
Definition- A Musical Beat is an essential element of rhythm and
tempo.
How it’s used in music- a regularly occurring interval of time metered
music used to subdivide each measure. Also usually felt as a
consistent pulse.
My own definition- Beat is what makes music stand out.
September 19, 2012
Definition- Musical instrument in which felt-covered
hammers, operated from a keyboard, strike metal strings.
How it’s used in music- The piano is widely used for jazz and classical
music for solo performances
Also, a dynamic marking. P = piano = soft
September 20, 2012
September 21, 2012
A slur is a line that connects multiple
notes so they blend together. It indicates
a phrase is to be played legato.
A slur connects two or
more notes that have
different pitches.
September 24, 2012
-The speed at which
a passage of music is
or should be played.
-The rate or speed of
motion or activity.
-Also known as:
pace, rate, speed,
time, velocity, beat ,
and rhythm.
-A steady beat or
rhythm is known as a
tempo. The musical
notes should be at a
pace, making the
music piece sound
wonderful!
-It’s used in music by
determining how fast
or slow the musical
notes should be.
By: Anna Steppke
The combination of parts at
the same tempo or in
octaves.
Unison is when two
people are singing or
playing the same notes,
at the same exact time.
Michaela Nickel
Unison can be applied in
more than one way. In
general terms, it may
refer to two notes
sounding the same pitch,
often but not always at
the same time; or to the
same musical voice being
sounded by several voices
or instruments together
September 25, 2012
September 26, 2012
Finale
By: Alan Chaussee
1. The last piece, division, or movement of a concert, opera,
or composition.
2. The concluding part of any performance, course of
proceedings, the end.
September 27, 2012
Opera is a part of music
which is much like a
musical, but is all singing
and is usually in Italian or
French.

An extended dramatic composition, in
which all parts are sung to instrumental
accompaniment, that usually includes
arias, choruses, and recitatives, and that
sometimes includes ballet.
September 28, 2012
A single line of music played or sung.
(a musical sentence)
Caitlin Elliott
In music and music theory, phrase and phrasing are
concepts and practices related to grouping consecutive
melodic notes, both in their composition and performance.
October 1, 2012
Presto
Music in a very
fast tempo.
My definition for
Presto is very fast music.
It is used in music by letting people know to sing fast.
Acuestin Best
RESONANCE
The quality in a sound of
being deep, full, and
reverberating.
October 2, 2012
It is used in music to
check the quality of
people’s voices when
they go into the
deeper level.
October 9, 2012
Half a step up in pitch
(of a tone) raised a chromatic
half step in pitch: F sharp.
b. above an intended pitch,
as a note; too high ( opposed
to flat).
STAFF
is a set of five horizontal lines and four spaces that
each represent a different musical pitch
Faye Welke
October 10, 2012
Voice
October 11, 2012
Singing
The sound produced in a
person's larynx and uttered
through the mouth, as
speech or song.
Voice- the sound that
comes out of your throat.
Nicole
Fritsche
October 12, 2012
The period of music history from the 1750
to 1850. The music was controlled and
emotionally reserved. Mozart was among
the most famous from this time period.
Medieval – Baroque – Classical – Romantic - Contemporary
October 15, 2012
A period in history
from 1825 -1900
where the focus
shifted to an
emotional,
expressive, and
imaginative style.
Famous
Composers:
Shubert &
Schumann
Abigail Giuffre
October 16, 2012
Key signature
A key signature is a series of
sharps or flats placed on a
staff that tell you what notes
are to be played sharp or flat
in the music.
Gabby Nuss
Amber Wilson
October 17, 2012
A group of three notes to be
preformed in the time of two
ordinary notes of the same kind
Triplets are usually said as “trip-a-let”
to show how to perform these notes.
Though discussion over how triplet is
actually pronounced has only two syllables
not three so it can also be pronounced
“Na-ne-na”
Definition – The act of singing vocal
music without instruments.
October 18, 2012
Explanation – Singing without the help
of musical instruments.
Example – It is used in music to
highlight the singers’ voices by
removing the music so all you can
hear is them. For certain songs this
can achieve a better sound. We
sometimes perform a cappella songs
for choir concerts. Last year we sang
“Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy”,
which was very challenging without
music to guide us.
October 19, 2012
rhythm
The element of music pertaining to
time, played as a grouping of notes into
accented and unaccented beats.
The rhythm puts all the beats together.
October 29, 2012
Baroque
 Time
in music history ranging from
the middle of the 16th to the middle
of the 17th centuries. Characterized
by emotional, flowery music; written
in strict form.
Bach was the most famous composer of the Baroque Time Period!
Castrato
 Generally
used in the medieval
period.
 Male singers who were castrated to
preserve their soprano and alto
ranges.
October 30, 2012
Root
 The
principal note of a triad. The
“root” of the chord. “Do”
Do – Re – Mi – Fa – Sol – La – Ti – Do
October 31, 2012
Tonic
 The
primary note of a scale.
Interchangeable with root.
Do – Re – Mi – Fa – Sol – La – Ti – Do
November 1, 2012
Allegro
A
direction to play lively and fast
Interchangeable with Presto.
November 2, 2012