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HIGH FREQUENCY VOCABULARY AND DEFINITIONS
4th Grade
WORD
Adagio
Allegro
Analyze
Bassoon
Canon
Crescendo (cresc.)
Decrescendo (decresc.)
Descant
Do-re-mi-fa-sol-la-ti-do’
Dotted half note
Dynamics
Eighth note, eighth rest
Ensemble
Flat
Forte (f)
Fortissimo (ff)
Glockenspiel
Half note, half rest
Half step
Interlude
Jazz
Legato
Melodic contour
Mezzo forte (mf)
Mezzo piano (mp)
Moderato
Motive
Pianissimo (pp)
Piano (p)
Pizzicato
Quarter note, quarter rest
Quartet
Rondo
Sharp
Sixteenth note, sixteenth
rest
Staccato
String bass
Style
Syncopation
Tempo
Theme
Timpani
Tuba
Unison
Variation
Viola
Whole note, whole rest
Whole step
DEFINITION
Slow tempo
Fast tempo
To examine
Double reed instrument in the woodwind family
Two or more groups perform the same song starting at different times
Gradually getting louder
Gradually getting softer
Harmony part written higher than the melody
Melodic pattern stepping upward
.; in 4/4 time, receives three beats
The loudness and softness of sound
, ; in 4/4 time, receives ½ beat
A group of people performing together
Musical symbol meaning to lower the sound a half step
Loud
Very loud
Instrument with small metal bars in the percussion family
; in 4/4 time, receives two beats
On a keyboard, two keys side-by-side with no keys in between, i.e., Mi-Fa, Ti-Do
A section of music between sections
American musical style started in New Orleans, using improvisation and syncopation
Long; connected
Shape of the phrase
Medium loud
Medium soft
Medium tempo
A musical theme
Very soft
Soft
Plucking a string
, ; in 4/4 time, receives one beat
Four people performing together
A classical form that includes two or more episodes (B and C) and a recurring theme (A) so that the
resulting form might be ABACA
Musical symbol meaning to raise the sound a half step
, ; in 4/4 time, receives ¼ beat
Short; detached
Largest instrument in the string department
Distinctive type of music
Rhythm pattern in which important tones are placed on weak beats or weak parts of beats
The speed of the beat in music
A recurring musical idea that occurs several times in a piece of music
Large tunable drums in the percussion family; kettledrums
Largest instrument in the brass family
All performing the same notes together
Modification or changes made in a theme
Middle-voiced instrument in the string family
; in 4/4 time, receives four beats
On a keyboard, the distance between any two keys with a single key between, i.e., Do-Re, Re-Mi,
Fa-Sol, Sol-La, La-Ti
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