Music Definitions & Terminologies # 6

Here is another set of the basic music definitions and terminologies as a part of your 6th session:

1. Harmony - The sounding of two or more tones simultaneously.
2. Interval – Interval is the distance between two notes. The 2 common intervals are half tone and whole tone.
3. Key signature - The sharps or flats symbols placed at the beginning of the staff to identify the scale.
4. Ledger lines - Short lines placed above and below the staff to reach the pitches of the composition that are beyond the range of staff.
5. Major chord - A triad composed of a root (1st note), major third (3rd note), and perfect fifth (5th note).
6. Measure - A group of beats indicated by the placement of bar lines on the staff. It is the space between two bar lines on the staff.
7. Minor chord– A triad formed by 1st, 3rd flat and 5th note of the major scale.
8. Metronome – It is the instrument that carries different tempos i.e. speed of the beats/minute.
9. Natural – It is a musical symbol that makes the note natural i.e. without any sharp or flat.
10. Notation – It is a term for a system of expressing musical tones through usage of written symbols known as Notes.