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MUSIC GLOSSARYfif-notfifth.firstscaleflat.beforeshouldforte.fortissimo.A perfect fifth consists of theand fifth note in a major(an interval of 7 half tones).The symbol (!? ) which is placeda note to show the pitchbe one-half step lower.Loud (f).Very loud (ff).gold record. A record given as areward to a performer or group of performersfor selling one millionrecords or a million dollars worth ofrecords.half note. A note which receives onebeat in ~ time. A note with twicethe time-value of a quarter note.Symbol: dhalf rest. A rest with the same timevalueas a half note. Symbol: ~half step. Located on a piano by goingup (or down) from one key to the nearestblack or white key.half tone. A half step. The intervalbetween two adjoining keys on a pianoor two adjacent tones on a chromaticscale. Synonym: semitone.hexad. A six-note chord--usuallycalled a hexachord.intensi1;y • 1. Informal--relativeloudness of a sound. Feeling ofsoft to loud. 2. The amount ofpow~r per unit area.key signature.\ JI"'DSharps or flats( :It, t1) placed after the clefsign to give the key of thepiece of music.B P key signaturemajor scale. A series of 8 notes withwhole steps between consecutive notesexcept between the third and fourthand the seventh and eighth whichdiffer by half steps1/2 1/2C major scale: C,D,~,G,A,~F major scale:measure.lines.1/2 1/2F,G,A:B ,C,D,E:FThe space between two barone measuremelodY. An organized succession ofmusical tones.metronome.exact timetick and aAn instrument which marksby a regularly repeatedregularly swinging arm.mezzo piano. A level of loudness.Moderately soft (mp).mezzo forte. A level of loudness.Moderately loud (mf).monotone. A single unvaried tone.ing on one tone.natural. Indicates that a basic toneis no longer sharped or flatted.Symbol: qnon-pitched.Sing-Without a definite pitch.note. A symbol used to give the pitchand duration of a musical tone.0 whole noted half noteJ quarter noteJ eighth note I((324