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Level 1A
VMTA Music Theory Terms
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Music
1st Grade
08/30/2011

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Crescendo - gradually getting louder
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diminuendo or decrescendo - gradually getting softer
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Staccato dot - short detached
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rit.
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Ritardando - gradually slowing down
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accent mark - play that note louder than other notes.
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legato
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smooth and connected
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moderato
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moderate rate of speed
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andante
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walking tempo
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keynote
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first note of the scale of each key
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tonic
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first note of the scale of each key
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allegro
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fast; lively
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half step
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the very next key to the right or left
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whole step
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two half steps.
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#
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Sharp - raise the note one half step
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Sharp
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# raise the note one half step
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barline - divides notes into measures
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Slur - play these notes legato or smoothly
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natural
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flat
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pick-up note or up-beat
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incomplete measure at the beginning of a piece
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