Music Vocab

4. the main idea or main line of a song
7. a small melody that layers and repeats
10. a musical symbol having to do with dynamics. It tells you to sing or play softly
11. tells you to play or sing loud
14. how soft or loud you play or sing
15. says if there are any sharps or flats in a song; tells what key the song is in
16. a line used to show notes when they are above or below the staff
17. the 5 lines where the notes are
18. the different pitches on the staff
20. the room between 2 notes

1. when you go from a white key, skip a black key, and then go to another white key or vice versa
2. musical symbol relating to dynamics that tells you to go from soft to loud
3. a whole step between 2 tones
5. a half step between 2 tones
6. you have a steady beat and another beat where you put the emphasis on the 2nd beat.
8. tells you how many beats in a measure and what kind of note gets the beat
9. a note that lasts for 4 beats or a whole measure
12. the sound or tone of a note
13. tells you to repeat a section of a song or the whole song
19. a musical symbol that joins together 2 notes to makes it longer