What is dominant in musical terms?
When working with a scale and chord progressions, each chord used in the scale has a name. The chord built on the first note is the tonic and the chord built on the fifth note is the dominant. It provides a resolution when the music moves from the firth to the first chord. In the key of C, the chord built on the first note, C-E-G, is the tonic chord, and the fifth is based on G-B-D. The dominant is the second most important step in the scale after the tonic.
Grave, Largo, Lento and Larghetto are all tempos slower than andante
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What does the musical term piu mean?
piu means "more" ( Compare the Latin word plus)
piu forte means "more loud" , that is "louder".
What is a composition consisting of recurring theme alternating contrasting sections in music?
Rondo
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What language are musical terms written in?
Most, but not all musical terms are written in Italian. For example: Moderato, a word describing a moderate speed at which to play music, is Italian for "moderately". Similarly, Andante, also describing the speed of music, is Italian for "at a walking pace". If you want to see an online musical dictionary, this one:
http://www.music.vt.edu/musicdictionary/
Includes a recording of the proper pronunciation, and is very thorough.
Which is bigger crotchet or semi quaver?
A semibreve is four times longer than a crotchet.
If you imagine a semibreve with a length of 64 (for theory's sake) as a 'whole note', a half note with a length of 32 is a minim, a quarter note with length 16 is a crotchet, etc. The list goes on. Here's a helpful link: http://neilhawes.com/sstheory/theory12.htm
Scroll down to the table and you should find that very illustrative.
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What is the most obvious difference between major and minor intervallic qualities?
A major interval is when the higher note is in the scale of the bottom note. Example. C to E is a major (3rd) interval because the note F is in the C major scale, but A to G is not a major interval because G is not in the A major scale, if it was A to G# then it would be a major (7th) interval because G# is in the A major scale.
A minor interval (natural minor, no raised 7th) is exactly the same but you can think of it in 2 ways
1. the upper note is in the minor scale of the lower note e.g. A to F is a minor (6th) interval because the note F is in the A minor scale (not A major).
2. The upper note is a semitone down from the major scale of the lower note. Eg. G to F is a minor (7th) interval, because G to F# is a major (7th) interval and F is a semi tone down from F#, it is therefore minor.
Intervals that are Unisons, 4ths, 5ths, and Octaves or 8ths are neither major or minor because the upper note is in both the minor and major scale of the lower note, they are called 'perfect'
Okay. First off, I am a senior in the High School Band. So you're getting the answer from an expert. A decrescendo is where the music note is getting softer. So it would be like this.
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That line represents the note going to nothing. The pieces we play in band, sometimes at the end we decrescendo to nothing.
To add on to this:
Decrescendo is another word for diminuendo
It's root: Italian, from decrescere "to decrease"
Crescendo is just the opposite, to increase (that is in sound, etc.)
How many semitones is a major 3 rd?
The semitones are found between the F# and G, and then between the C# and D.
What is the piece of music played at the beginning of a Church service called?
It is the postlude; sometimes it is called the recessional.
How many semiquavers in a dotted crotchet?
A crotchet is one-fourth a whole note, and a quaver is one-eighth of a whole note, therefore, two quavers make a crotchet
In musical terms what does very fast mean?
Play the notes much faster than before.
Perhaps you mean the term "prestissimo".
How many counts dose a semibreve have?
One. A semibreve is a Whole Note.
However, there are two (2) half notes in a whole note, and there are four (4) quarter notes, and eight (8) eighth notes, as well as sixteen (16) sixteenth notes. You get the picture.
What does alegro mean in music terminology?
cheerful or brisk; but commonly interpreted as lively, fast
What is the term to play a note louder?
These are called dynamics. These most common indicators include Piano (soft), Mezzo-piano (medium soft), Mezzo-forte (medium loud), and Forte (loud). These dynamics are indicated in the sheet music usually between the musical staves. The dynamics are represented by letters. p for piano, mp for mezzo-piano, mf for mezzo-forte, and f for forte. though you can add more letters to the abbreviation for more detailed dynamics such as pp for pianissimo or vert soft, also ff for fortissimo of very loud. More can be added but rarely are more than three letters seen.Furthermore, there are such things as a cresendo (slowly get louder) and decresendo (slowly get softer). these are indicated by large sideways arrows, some what like longer > and <. These too are located below the musical staves.
What does a key refer to in music?
Key can refer to any of the individual levers on a keyboard that is pressed to produce a tone. It can refer to parts of other instruments pressed down for the same reason. Key can also refer to the most general description of the tonality of a piece of music. In most western musics, a piece will be written in a particular 'key', as in A flat major or E minor. This means that the harmonic movement in the piece brings it to a final resolution with, respectively, an A flat major chord or an E minor chord. Some pieces will have complicated harmonies and will move from key to key before finally resolving.
What is the meaning of allegro con brio in musical terms?
Allegro : Fast
Con : With
Grazia : Graciousness
So, allegro con Grazia means 'Play fast gracefully' or perhaps, 'Play fast with graciousness'.
What are the characteristics of musical tone?
The most important characteristic of a musical tone, or a note, is pitch. Pitch is the musical term for how high or low a note sounds. In physics, pitch is the same thing as frequency. In other words, a musical tone is a sound whose sound waves are a specific length.
The frequency of each note is agreed upon internationally, according to the traditions of classical music. These standard frequencies have shifted slightly over time. In the baroch era, notes were probably just a little bit higher than they are now.
Also it is the type of style of music you are playing. For example in GALACTIC CONFLICT you play aggressively than peacefully than back to aggressive. Or in Prehistoric Suite there is ponderous, gentle/flowing, and dramatic.