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Whole Note
4 beats (in 4/4 time)
Half Note
2 beats (in 4/4 time)
Quarter Note
1 beat (in 4/4 time)
Eighth Note
1/2 beat (in 4/4 time)
Sixteenth Note
1/4 beat (in 4/4 time)
Thirty-second Note
1/8 beat (in 4/4 time)
Sixty-fourth Note
1/16 beat (in 4/4 time)
Dotted Half Note
3 beats (in 4/4 time)
Dotted Quarter Note
1 and 1/2 beats (in 4/4 time)
Dotted Eighth Note
3/4 beat (in 4/4 time)
Triplets
3 notes in the time of 2 of the same kind (in 4/4 time)
Quadruplets
4 notes in the time of 3 of the same kind (in 4/4 time)
Syncopation
Accenting the off-beats or weak parts of the measure
Fermata
Hold the note longer than its written value
Rests (Whole, Half, Quarter)
Silence in music; Whole (4 beats), Half (2 beats), Quarter (1 beat) in 4/4 time
Dotted Whole Note Rest
6 beats of silence in 4/4 time
2/4 Time Signature
2 beats per measure, quarter note gets one beat
3/4 Time Signature
3 beats per measure, quarter note gets one beat
4/4 Time Signature
4 beats per measure, quarter note gets one beat
6/8 Time Signature
6 beats per measure, eighth note gets one beat
9/8 Time Signature
9 beats per measure, eighth note gets one beat
12/8 Time Signature
12 beats per measure, eighth note gets one beat
Tie
Connects two notes of the same pitch to add their durations together
Staccato
Play the note shorter than the notated value
Accent
Emphasize the note
Slur
Play all notes under the curve legato, or smoothly connected
Tenuto
Hold the note for its full value, or slightly longer
Cut Time (2/2 Time Signature)
2 beats per measure, half note gets one beat
Anacrusis (Pick-up)
Note or notes that come before the first full measure
Duplets
2 notes played in the time of 3 of the same kind (in compound time)
Tuplets
Grouping of notes that alters their normal duration
Hemiola
Two bars of 3/4 time are articulated as if they were three bars of 2/4 time
Dotted Rhythms
Rhythms that use notes with dots to change their normal value
Rhythmic Motif
A short rhythmic pattern repeated or varied throughout a composition
Rubato
Flexible tempo; rhythmically free or not keeping strict time
Mixed Meter
Use of varying time signatures throughout a piece or passage
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