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CFA I Definitions 1-77
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A tempo: The Italian term indicating to return to the original tempo
Accelerando: The Italian word indicating to gradually speed up
Accent: indicates the note is to be sung with extra force of stress.
Accidentals: Sharps, flats or naturals occurring in a piece of music that are not in a key
signature
Allegro: The Italian word indicating a fast tempo
Alto: The lowest female singing voice
Andante: A moderately slow walking tempo
Bar Line – a notation symbol that divides the staff into measures
Bass Clef: mainly used by the men and is also called the F clef.
Bass: The lowest male singing voice
Bb Major: The key signature indicating that ‘B,’ and ‘E’ are flat
C Major: The key signature indicating no sharps or flats
Clef: a musical symbol used to indicate the pitch of written notes
Coda: The Italian term referring to a concluding portion of a composition
Crescendo: to gradually become louder.
D Major: The key signature indicating ‘F,’ and ‘C’ are sharp.
D. S. al Fine: The direction sign in music that means to return to the sign and continue to
the end
D.C. al Fine: The direction sign in music that means to go to the beginning of the piece
and sing to the ending
Decrescendo: to gradually become softer.
Dotted Half Note – a note that receives 3 beats of sound in 4/4 time
Dotted half rest: A rest that receives 3 beats of silence in 4/4 time
Double Bar Line – a notation symbol found at the end of a piece of music to denote the
end of the song
Dynamics – symbols used in music to tell how loud or soft to play or sing
Eighth Note: A note that receives half a beat of sound in 4/4 time
Eighth rest A rest that receives a half beat of silence in 4/4 time
Enharmonic: Two notes that are spelled differently but are actually the same pitch
F Major: The key signature indicating ‘B’ is flat
Fermata: a sign that indicates to hold a note longer than its normal duration
Flat: A symbol that lowers the pitch one half-step
Forte: Italian word that means loud
G Major: The key signature indicating ‘F’ is sharp
Grand staff: The combination of the bass and treble staves together which is used to
notate music
Half Note – a note that receives 2 beats of sound in 4/4 time
Half Rest: A rest that receives 2 beats of silence in 4/4 time
Half step: The distance between two adjacent notes on the keyboard
Harmony: the result produced when two or more tones are sounded simultaneously.
Interval: The pitch distance between two tones
Key signature An inventory of the flats or sharps used consistently in a composition or in
a section of a composition, grouped together and placed immediately after the clef sign
at the beginning of each staff
39. Largo: a slow, broad tempo.
40. Ledger Lines: Short horizontal lines representing an extension of the staff, drawn
through the stems of notes too high or too low to be placed directly on the staff.
41. Legato: to play or sing notes smoothly and connected.
42. Measure: The space between two bar lines
43. Melody: a succession of single notes.
44. Meno mosso: The Italian term indicating less movement
45. Mezzo Forte: Italian word meaning moderately loud
46. Mezzo piano: Moderately soft
47. Moderato: The Italian word indicating a medium tempo
48. Molto : The Italian word meaning very
49. Natural: is a symbol that cancels a previous sharp or flat.
50. Note – a pitched sound
51. Piano: Italian word that means soft
52. Pitch: The location of a note related to its highness or lowness
53. Piu mosso: The Italian term indicating more movement
54. Quarter Note – a note that receives 1 beat of sound in 4/4 time
55. Quarter Rest: A rest that receives 1 beat of silence in 4/4 time
56. Repeat: a sign indicates that a musical section should be repeated.
57. Rhythm: The organization of music in time using long and short note values
58. Ritardando: The Italian word indicating to gradually slow down
59. Sforzando: A sudden accented note usually followed by a piano marking
60. Sharp: A symbol that raises the pitch one half-step
61. Sixteenth Note: A note that receives a quarter beat of sound in 4/4 time
62. Sixteenth rest: A rest that receives a quarter beat of silence in 4/4 time
63. Slur: A curved line notated above two or more notes that indicates they are to be played
legato
64. Soprano: The highest female singing voice
65. Staccato: To sing short and detached
66. Staff: The horizontal lines and spaces that music on which notated
67. Tempo: The speed or rate at which a song is sung or played
68. Tenor – the highest natural male singing voice
69. Tenuto: A symbol that indicates you should stress and extend the marked note
70. Tie: A curved line that joins two or more notes of the same pitch that last the duration
of the combined note values
71. Time Signature – specifies how many beats are in each measure and what note value
constitutes one beat
72. Treble Clef: the clef mainly used by the women and is also called the G clef.
73. un poco: The Italian term meaning a little
74. Vivace: The Italian word indicating a very fast tempo
75. Whole Note – a note that received 4 beats of sound in 4/4 time
76. Whole rest: A rest that receives 4 beats of silence in 4/4 time
77. Whole Step: The distance between two notes that is equivalent to two half steps