Musical Terminology

The semibreve (UK naming convention) or whole note (US naming convention) usually has a duration of four beats, with a crochet (UK) or quarter note (US) per beat. In that case, a dotted semibreve has a duration of six beats, since a dotted note is one and a half times the duration of the basic note.

Remember the "usually" though. It is quite common to count a single beat per minim (half note) in faster music, or even to count a semibreve per beat in some circumstances. In slower pieces, the music may be counted with a quaver (eight note) per beat. In any case, though, a dotted note is one and a half times the duration of the basic note.

It stands for rhythm and blues. It is a style of music.

In simple time, a crotchet occupies a single beat.

There really isn't one. Classical music uses practically all available time signatures pretty frequently. But if I had to chose the one that is used the most, it'd have to be 4/4. It is nicknamed "common time" after all...

A low-pitched part to the song which is played by a bass instrument: a Double Bass in orchestras and jazz bands, a Bass Guitar in rock bands and many other forms of popular music, and a Synth Bass in many forms of pop and dance music.

1. Harmony 2. Melody 3. Timbre 4. Rhythm 5. Style 6. Form.

A chamber orchestra.

Sinfonietta

Andante- a steady walking pace, to be precise. Adagietto means a little faster than adagio. Larghetto is slow, but not as slow as Largo. note: mezzo piano means moderately soft

4/4

It's called a Trio.

'Always detached' is an English equivalent of 'sempre staccato'. The phrase is a musical term. It means that the player of the particular instrument - usually keyboard - must stop the note almost immediately after it sounds. The result is a minimal amount of time in which the note actually is sounded and heard.

time signature is a fraction

1 and a half
It's half as long again, i.e. three quavers long instead of two.

A cappella or a voce sola.

I think what your looking for is how many quavers are in a breve since a breve can't go into a quaver.There are 4 quavers in a breve.

You don't have 'a Allegro'- I'm assuming you meant 'What does the word Allegro (that you might see at the top of a piece of music) mean?' That I can tell you. Allegro is Italian for (according to ABRSM Grade 1 Music Theory) quick, literally "cheerful". I hope I helped! x

There are 2 semi-quavers in a quaver

In order to draw/write a quarter rest, think of it as a 3, drawn backward. Then, give it a little Alfalfa (from the Little Rascals) hair, sticking up and leaning left. (You can just do the backward 3. That's what I do.)

The reason that most music is in Italian (some is in French or German) is that if music can be written in any language, it would be hard for most people to understand, for example, if music was written in Chinese, only people who can read Chinese can understand it, or if it's written in Dutch, only people who speak Dutch can understand it.

If the crotchet is considered to have the unit beat, a semiquaver has 1/4 beats.

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It would be allegro in a 3/4 cut time. It is a traditional Waltz.

If there are two beats in a bar then it is in duple meter, also called March time. 2/4 is the most common form of duple meter, however, 2/8 and 2/2 are used as well.

In compound time 6/8 is also a form of duple meter.

The principal part in a harmonic composition; the air.