Music Definitions & Terminologies # 7

Here is another set of the basic music definitions and terminologies as your 7th session:

1. Vibrato – It refers to repeated fluctuation of pitch.
2. Time signature – Expresses the number of beats and nature of note to be used in a bar. It is expressed in fraction form.
3. Variation – As the word suggests, It refers to variations in the theme or music through melodic, rhythmic and harmonic changes.
4. Subdominant – It is the fourth degree of the major/minor scale. It also refers to triad built on fourth degree of the scale represented as IV.
5. Staff – Staff consists of five horizontal lines parallel to each other having four spaces. Plenty of symbols are placed over it to express the music.
6. Staccato – It’s the opposite of legato indicated by a dot over or under a note, means shortening of a note.
7. Solo – Solo is the part of music performed alone or holds a predominant position.
8. Semitone – It is the smallest interval, also known as half step. On the Guitar fretboard each fret has a semi-tone distance with its adjacent fret.
9. Sharp – A symbol (#) that raises the pitch of a note by half tone.
10. Flat – A symbol (b) that decreases the pitch of a note by half tone.

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.

Music Definitions & Terminologies # 5

Here are another set of the basic music definitions and terminologies as a part of your 5th session:

1. Circle of fifths - The succession of keys or chords proceeding by fifths.
2. Classical Music – Music belonging to a certain class, form or structure. Belonging to late 18th and early 19th century.
3. Common time – It represents 4/4 meter.
4. Cut time – It represents 2/2 meter.
5. Degree – Degree is one of the eight consecutive tones in a scale. Each note is a degree in a major or minor scale.
6. Dominant - The fifth degree of the major or minor scale.
7. Double bar - Two vertical lines placed on the staff to indicate the end of a section or a composition. It is also used with two dots to enclose repeated sections.
8. Eighth – It is the eighth degree known as Octave.

Music Definitions & Terminologies # 4

Here are some of the basic music definitions and terminologies as a part of your 4th session:

1. Accent – It is a symbol (>) placed above a note to indicate stress or emphasis.
2. What is an accidental in Music?: Accidentals are the notes that are played in a piece of music but they do not belong to the general key of music containing substantial part of the song. They may be sharp, flat or natural not included in the given key.
3. What is an accompaniment?:Accompaniment is the background of the solo part of the music. It supports the lead melody in an instrumental or vocal form.
4. What is a Chord?: A combination of three or more notes played simultaneously.
5. What is a Broken chord?: When the notes of a chord are played one by one rather simultaneously, it is recognized as a broken chord. Also known as Arpeggio.
6. Chromatic - Ascending or descending by half steps.
7. What is a Chromatic scale? A scale composed of 12 half steps.
8. What is a Clef?: A symbol placed at the beginning of the staff that indicates and fixes the pitch of the notes over the staff.
9. What is a Common time?: It represents 4/4 meter.
10. What is a Bar line?: The vertical line placed on the staff that divides the music into measures.