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Music Theory Worksheet

The document discusses the basic elements of music notation, including the five fundamental notes (semibreve, minim, crotchet, quaver, semiquaver) ordered from longest to shortest duration. It also explains that the time signature at the start of a piece indicates the number of beats in each bar and what type of note receives one beat.

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Music Theory Worksheet

The document discusses the basic elements of music notation, including the five fundamental notes (semibreve, minim, crotchet, quaver, semiquaver) ordered from longest to shortest duration. It also explains that the time signature at the start of a piece indicates the number of beats in each bar and what type of note receives one beat.

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There are 5 basic notes that create the foundation

of music notation and each have a different time


value. Here are the notes in order of time value
(longest to shortest):

At the start of every piece there are two numbers


on top of each other. This is the Time Signature
which tells us the timing of the piece.
How many
beats will be
in each bar?

Semibreve [whole note]


Minim [half note]

Crotchet [quarter note]


Quaver [eighth note]
Semiquaver [sixteenth note]

Fortissimo

ff

Very Loud

Forte

Loud

Mezzo Forte

mf

Moderately Loud

Mezzo Piano

mp

Moderately Quiet

Piano

Quiet

Pianissimo

pp

Very Quiet

Sforzando

sf

Sudden Emphasis

Crescendo
(cresc.)

Get Louder

Diminuendo
(dim.)

Get Quieter

A Tempo
Allegretto
Allegro
Allegro Con Brio
Allegro Non Troppo
Allegro Vivave
Andante
Colla Voce
Legato
Moderato

Original tempo
Quite quickly
Quickly
Quickly, with life
Fast, but not too fast
Very fast
Walking pace
Free voice
Smooth
Moderate speed

What kind of
beats they
will be?

1 = semibreves (whole notes)


means
So this
2 = minims (half notes)
het
3 crotc
4 = crotchets (quarter notes)
er bar
beats p
8 = quavers (eighth notes)
16 = semiquaver (sixteenth notes)

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Fermata (Pause - hold as long as you want )


Tenuto (Sustain - hold slightly longer)
Staccato (short, detached)
Accent (performed louder, harder)
Tie (joins 2 of the same notes; played as 1)

&
?

Treble Clef

Piu Vivo
Rall. (Rallentando)
Rit./Ritard. (Ritardando)
Stacatto
Stringendo
Tempo I
Tempo moderato
Un Poco Animato
Un Poco Piu Lento
Vivace

Bass Clef
Repeat

More lively
Gradually slow down
Gradually slow down
Detached
Gradually get faster
Original tempo
Moderate tempo
A little animated
A little slower
Lively

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