Saturday, February 11, 2017

DURATION
-It is the quality of sound that distinguishes long or short sounds. 

Rest: represent the duration of the silence.

Time signature: divide into equal parts and sets notes and rests values.
Length modifiers: prolong or extends the duration.
 Dot: adds half of it value.
 Ligature: adds up duration.
 Fermata: extends interrupting the measure.
Tempo: speed of the performance of a musical piece:
 Largo: very slow
 Adagio: slow
 Andante: calm
 Allegro: fast
 Presto/Vivace: very fast

PITCH

Pitch: is the quality of sound  distinguishes between high or low sounds. It is measure by wave frequency.

Tuning fork: it is an object used before playing an instrument.

Staff: is a group of five sapces and we put notes and symbols.


Cleff: it is a symbol than names the notes; there are two types of cleff :

G CLEFF  AND  F CLEFF