BHS Instrumental Music Vocabulary

3. To place emphasis on the more important notes.
4. Pitches that sound the same, are fingered the same, but are written differently.
7. An accompaniment part in the music.
8. How the notes are played; a pattern of slurred and tongued notes.
11. Join together to form one longer note.
13. Hold until musically satisfied.
14. Speedup gradually.
15. The distance between two pitches.
16. Very fast.
17. Slow down gradually, broaden.
19. Music played in a manner so that all parts can be heard clearly.
20. Playing exactly the same pitches and rhythms at the same time.
21. The main part in the music.
22. The order of the sections within a piece of music. How the music is put together.
24. Emphasis placed on a downbeat which is tied over from the previous beat.
25. Freely; not in a steady tempo.
27. To get louder gradually.
29. Much.
31. To place emphasis on a given note.
32. How fast or slow the music goes.
33. Tells us what scale to use.
36. Slow down gradually.
37. Accented and detached.
38. Light and detached.

1. Play the given note full value.
2. To get softer gradually.
5. A melodic part going on at the same time as the melody.
6. Flats, sharps, and natural not in the key signature.
9. Stop and pause; "Railroad tracks".
10. Move between pitches without tonguing.
12. In a singing style.
14. A rhythmic effect which places emphasis on a weak or unaccented part of the measure. An unexpected sound.
16. More motion.
18. Quickly.
23. Little by little.
26. Weighted, heavy; usually slower than the previous tempo.
28. The volume; how loud or soft we play.
30. Tells how many beats are in each measure and what note gets the beat.
34. Motion by half steps.
35. Smooth and connected.