Vocab

•Accent – sing the note so that it sticks out

•Augmented Triad – Do Mi Si

•Bar Line – divides two measures

•Bass Clef – lower notes

•Beat – the steady pulse in music

•Caesura - means to put a break or pause in the music.

•Capo – means head or the beginning of the song

•Coda – means tail or the end of the song

•Counting – how we measure the beat in music

•Da Capo – D.C. means the head or beginning of the song

•Del Segno – D.S. means the sign.

•D.C. al Coda – go back to the beginning and sing until the coda

•Diminished Triad – La Do Me

•Dot – adds half the value of the note.

•Double Bar Line – end the song

•D.S. al Coda – go back to the sign and sing until the coda

•Dynamics – how loud or soft you sing

•Fermata – indicates a hold until cut off by the director

•Flat – lowers a note by a half step

•Grand Staff – when the treble clef and bass clef are seen together.

•Harmony – when you sing two different things at the same time

•Key Signature – tells us which notes are sharped or flatted in the song.

•Legato – means to sing smooth and connected

•Major Scale – using all notes from Do to Do

•Major Triad – Do Mi Sol

•Measure – the notes between two bar lines

•Minor Triad – La Do Mi•Major Scale – using all notes from Do to Do

•Major Triad – Do Mi Sol

•Measure – the notes between two bar lines

•Minor Triad – La Do Mi

•Natural – unflats or unsharps a note

•Pick up – start the few notes before the measure

•Pitch – how high or low a note sounds

•Repeat Sign – tells you to perform the previous music a second time.

•Rhythm – pattern of long and short sound and silence

•Sharp – makes a note a half step higher

•Segno – means sign

•Slur – curved line that means to sing the notes legato

•Staff – the 5 lines and 4 spaces we use to determine pitch.

•Staccato – sing the notes short and separated

•Tempo – how fast or slow the beat is

•Tie – when two notes are sung together without any break

•Time Signature – tells how many counts per measure and what note equals one count

•Treble Clef – higher notes

•Triplet – squeezing 3 notes in the space of 2 (uses the pattern # La Li for the counting)

•Unison – when everyone is singing the same thing at the same time