1. Music notes 4

2. Beat (meter) 6 = Six beats per measure 8 = Eighth note gets the count
There are two pulses in each measure

3. Rhythm Sixteenth Notes = ¼ of a beat each
Dotted Quarter Notes = 1 and ½ beats

4. Tempo
Ritardando = to get slower
Accelerando = to get faster

5. Melody
Bass Clef – also called an F clef
Lines of the bass staff = G,B,D,F,A
Spaces of the bass staff = A,C,E,G
Grand Staff- when the treble and bass
staff are together. the piano uses this.

6. Major 6 (M6) – think of “My Bonnie”
Melody
Major 6 (M6) – think of “My Bonnie”

7. Harmony
Arpeggio - is a musical technique where notes in a chord are played or sung in sequence, one after the other, rather than ringing out simultaneously. The major arpeggio is Do, Mi, Sol.

8. Dynamics
Mezzo Piano – medium quiet
Mezzo Forte – medium loud