16th note = 1/4 beat
2 Chord (minor)
2/4 or 6/8
3 Chord (minor)
6 Chord (minor)
A String
Accent
Alto clef
Arco
Authentic Cadence
Baroque Era
Bass clef ("F" clef)
Breath mark
Classical Era
Crescendo – gradually louder
Decrescendo – gradually softer
Dominant 7th chord
Dotted half note = 3 beats
Down bow
E String
Eighth note = 1/2 beat
Fast – march tempo
Fast and Lively
Fermata – hold, "bird's eye"
Five chord (Major)
Forte – loud
Fortissimo – very loud
Four chord (Major)
Four–four time
Grace note
Hairpins
Half note = 2 beats
Harmonics
Hemiola
Hooked bowing
Major
Measure
Metronome Marking
Mezzo forte – medium loud
Mezzo piano – medium soft
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minor
Moderately Fast (less than Allegro)
One chord (Major)
Pepperoni Pizza
Pianissimo – very soft
Piano – soft
Pizzicato – plucked
Plagal ("Amen") Cadence
Ponticello
Quarter note
Repeat sign
Ritard – gradually slowing down
Romantic Era
Run Pony, Run Pony
Slow and Steady
Slur – different pitches
Smooth
Staccato – short
Staff
Sul Tasto
Sweet
Syncopation
Three–four time
Tie – same pitch(s)
Time signature – 2 beats/6 counts
Time signature – 2 beats/measure
Time signature – 3 beats/measure
Time signature – 4 beats/measure
Treble clef ("G" clef)
Tremelo – measured
Tremelo – unmeasured
Triad (chord)
Trill
Triplet
Turn
Up bow
Very fast
Very slow
Whole note = 4 beats
Wish I Had a Watermelon
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