Music Glossary

1. The sounding of two or more notes at the same time.
3. The sounding of the same note by two or more musicians or singers at the same time.
8. A symbol that indicates how many beats are in a bar of music (no space between the two words)
12. A note that has the time value of one beat
14. A symbol that indicates silence for a specific duration
16. A clef placing G above middle C on the second-lowest line of the stave
18. A strong, regular repeated pattern of sound.

2. The variation in loudness within a piece.
4. Musical symbols representing sounds.
5. A note that has the time value of four beats
6. A stringed musical instrument, with a fretted fingerboard, typically incurved sides, and six or twelve strings, played by plucking or strumming with the fingers or a pick.
7. A note that has the time value of half a beat
9. A note that has the time value of two beats
10. A sequence of notes in either descending or ascending order.
11. The steady, underlying pulse of the music
13. The perceived frequency of a note or sound, which determines how high or low we hear a sound.
15. The speed at which a piece of music is played.
17. A vertical line through the stave, to mark the music into sections, each with a set amount of beats within