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HIGH FREQUENCY VOCABULARY AND DEFINITIONS
5TH GRADE
WORD
Accent
Arpeggio
Chord progression
Conga
Crescendo (cresc.)
Decrescendo (decresc.)
Djembe
Do-re-mi-fa-sol-la-ti-do’
Dotted half note
Doumbek
Dynamics
Eighth note, eighth rest
Euphonium
Forte (f)
Fortissimo (ff)
Grand Staff
Half note, half rest
Interval
Koto
Leading tone
Ledger line
Major scale
Mezzo forte (mf)
Mezzo piano (mp)
Musical theatre
Octave
Ostinato
Pentatonic
Pianissimo (pp)
Piano (p)
Piccolo
Quarter note, quarter rest
Saxophone
Score
Sitar
Sixteenth note, sixteenth rest
Slur
Syncopation
Synthesizer
Time Signature
Timpani
DEFINITION
Musical marking meaning to stress the sound
A broken chord pattern
A kind of harmony using a pattern of chords
Latin American drum
Gradually getting louder
Gradually getting softer
African drum
A major scale
.; in 4/4 time, receives three beats
Middle Eastern drum
The loudness and softness of music
, ; in 4/4, receives ½ beat
Large brass instrument, similar to a tuba
Loud
Very loud
Notation of treble and bass clefs together
; in 4/4 time, receives two beats
The distance between two notes
Japanese string instrument
The seventh note of a major scale; Ti leading to Do
Lines added to the staff
Do-Re-Mi-Fa-Sol-La-Ti-Do’
Medium loud
Medium soft
Theatrical performance combining music and drama
Interval of eight notes, either up or down
A short repeated rhythmic or melodic pattern
Music based on a five tone scale
Very soft
Soft
The highest pitched instrument in the woodwind family
, ; in 4/4 time, receives one beat
Single-reed instrument in the woodwind family
The notation of the entire musical work
Indian string instrument
, ; ini 4/4 time, receives ¼ beat
Musical marking meaning to connect the notes smoothly
Rhythm pattern in which important tones are placed on weak beats or weak
parts of beats
An electronic keyboard instrument
The top number tells how many beats per measure and the bottom number
tells what note gets one beat
Large tunable drums in the percussion family; kettledrums
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