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Musical Terminology

Musical terms are words and phrases that are specific to reading, writing, and playing music.

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What is half of a dotted crotchet?

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

How many semibreve in one quaver?

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.

What does allegro mean in dance?

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

How do you draw a quaver rest sign?

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.)

Why are musical terms written in Italian?

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.

How long is a dotted semiquaver rest in beats?

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

What is the time signature of edelweiss?

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

What is the musical term for 2 beats?

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.

What is the definition of melody in music terms?

The principal part in a harmonic composition; the air.

Can you use grace note in Finale Notepad?

Finale Notepad is a freeware viewer for music files which are created by the music composing software 'Finale'. There you cannot do any edits to a file, so you cannot use grace notes while in the viewer. If you would need to add elements to a existing .mus file (Finale Music Notation file), you should have the software, not the viewer.

What is the word for somthing getting louder?

crescendo (cre-shen-do), a musical term meaning a gradual increase in sound, from soft to very lound.

What does the word dynamics mean in musical terms?

The term dynamics refers to whether a sound is soft or loud.=]...+

How fast is allegro con brio?

The more literal meaning of the word ‘Assai’ when couched in the context of a musical tempo is “enough”.

So Allegro assai is “fast enough”. Or you might prefer “rather fast”, “pretty fast” or something similar.

Trying to cast it as “very fast” opens up an obvious further question which, if we are now to assume that the tempo indicated is now somewhere in the realms of ‘presto’ or even ‘prestissimo’ leaves us in a problematic zone if the composer later follows up with “piu allegro” - it has happened a few times.

Does music affect the people you hang around?

people are influenced by the music they listen to for a few reasons. for starters let's say people are influenced based on their own beliefs,attitudes, and overall personality. for example.. some people like rock, some like ' screamo', some like rap etc. although the songs can all be related to a certain meaning ( love, loss, life, hardships, etc.) the way the music is presented to the listener, and the way that the music aligns it's self to the listeners particular personality, are what influence that person to relate to the style of music they listen to. music also has another powerful attribute that hits the listeners in way that makes them want the music they listen to for many emotional reasons. for example... a person will listen to let's say.. RAP, and the emotion that rap brings to them is a feeling of rebellion, a feeling of power, and other emotions that they lack and want to feel in themselves. or the emotions that they have and relate to. overall music as my understanding, thought, and opinion.. is about the emotions that it makes people feel. the stronger the emotions, and the more emotions a song/artist can bring out in it's listeners, the more affective and influential the music in its self becomes. which in turn, can start to grasp a larger audience. chris smith,

What is the most common time signature in music?

There is no "fastest" time signature, but a time signature like 64/64 would be EXTREMELY fast, a sixty-fourth note would equal one beat. but songs could *potentially* be in 128/128 for even faster.

What is the meaning of harmony in musical terms?

Generally, harmony is achieved when a group sings or plays instruments together in a matching or conforming pitch or progression.

More specifically, harmony is a combination of two or three tones played together in the background while a melody is being played.

What time signature would a waltz be performed in?

Waltzes are in 3/4 time, but because of how fast they go, they're almost always conducted in 1.