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What is a Time Signature?
The marking at the start of a staff to indicate the length of beats in a bar.
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What is the head joint?
The top part of the instrument on flute and recorders
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What is the Title?
The name of a piece
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What is largo?
A very very slow tempo (40-60 BPM)
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What is Staccato?
Separated and detached note
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What is a repeat?
A symbol indicating to go back to the beginning or a certain part.
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What is Keys and holes
The parts that are pressed or covered to make
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What is a Genre?
The category a piece of music falls into.
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What is Presto?
A very very fast tempo (165-200 BPM)
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What is a Tenor Clef?
A clef where middle C is the second highest line on the staff/The clef between Treble and Bass.
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What is a breath mark?
A comma shaped marking for air.
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What is the body?
The main tube of the Flute/Recorder with keys and holes.
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What is a composer?
The person who writes a piece of music.
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What is ritardando?
A gentle slowing of the piece
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What is a Fermata?
A note that can be held for longer
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What is a Key Signature?
A set of sharps or flats at the start of the staff.
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What is the foot joint?
The end of the instrument that can be taken off with flutes and sometimes recorders.
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What is Dynamics.
The term that defines how soft or loud a part of the music is.
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What is Allegro?
A fast and bright tempo (120-165 BPM)
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What is Vibrato?
A slight wavering effect to add effect to the piece
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What is an Accidental
A symbol that moves the pitch up or down by one half step.
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What is the Mouthpiece?
The part of the flute and recorders where we put our lips.
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What is the chorus?
The part of a song that is repeated after a verse
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What is Accerlerando?
A gradual increase in speed in a piece.
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What is a phrase?
A musical sentence.
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