Fifth Grade

The difference between two pitches.

1. The tonality, or scale on which a piece of music is based. The key gets its name from the first note of the scale. 2. The name for a leve

Sharps and flats at the beginning of each staff of written music that indicate the scale, or key, in which the piece is written.

A stepwise series of whole and half steps arranged: whole, half, whole, whole, whole, half, whole.

The symbol placed before a note to raise it one half step

The placing of an accent on a normally weak beat.

a sequence of notes, perceived as a melody, written to be played simultaneously with a more prominent lead melody.

A style of music that evolved from southern African-American secular songs and is usually distinguished by a strong 4/4 rhythm, flatted thir

A style of jazz characterized by elaborately syncopated rhythm in the melody and a steadily accented accompaniment

Three or more tones played together.

Italian for "from the head." Da capo means repeat from the beginning of the piece.

Repeat back to the sign and play until the coda sign and go to the coda.

Music that has two or more independent melodies woven together. Also called counterpoint. Polyphony comes from the Greek words meaning "many

The period of musical history that included most of the 19th century. Composers of the Romantic era were interested in expressing emotions i

The period of music from around 1600 to 1750. Bach, Vivaldi, and Handel were famous Baroque composers.

the treble or soprano singer in any group of voices, or the higher pitched line in a song

the payment made (originally to the licensing crown) for a concession of commercial value (e.g. mining rights) or to the owner of a copyrigh

a set of exclusive rights granted by the law of a jurisdiction to the author or creator of an original work, including the right to copy, di

a kind of vocal improvisation common in jazz

shipboard working songs

A soundtrack can be recorded music accompanying and synchronized to the images of a motion picture, book, television program or video game;

American-born music that uses syncopation, altered scales, specific harmonies, and improvisation.

a symbol in Western musical notation indicating that the notes it embraces are to be played legato (smoothly).

a formal technique where material is repeated in an altered form. The changes may involve harmony, melody, counterpoint, rhythm, timbre, orc

a symbol that signifies a part of a note. i.e. one flag-eighth note, two flags-sixteenth note, three flags-thirty second note.

a note played for one sixteenth the duration of a whole note

the immediate restatement of a motif or longer melodic (or harmonic) passage at a higher or lower pitch in the same voice[1]. It is one of t