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//Terms are thanks to Erika Zukowski!!!//

//Alla breve:// A time signature indicating 2 or 4 half note beats in a bar. Anacrusis: Occurs when a melody starts before the 1st downbeat in a meter (known as a pickup). Bar line: Vertical line that indicates the end of a measure. Beam: Musical notation that is a thick line to connect multiple eight notes, notes of shorter value, or sometimes rests. Beat: Pulse in musical meter. Common time: Rhythmic pattern where there are 4 beats. Compound meter: Meter that has beats divided into threes and subdivides into sixes. Top number of meter will be 6, 9, or 12. Cut time: A time signature indicating two counts in each measure, with the half note getting one beat Dot: Rhythmic notation that adds to a note half again its own value Downbeat: Beat 1 of a metrical pattern Eighth note: Stemmed black note with one flag. Flag: Any of the lines extending from a stem (eighth, sixteenth, etc.) Half note: Stemmed white note head, equivalent to two quarter notes Measure: Unit of grouped beats, begins and ends with bar lines. Meter: Grouping and divisions of beats in regular, recurring patterns Meter signature: Located at beginning of first line of a musical score, after the clef and key signature. Indicates the beat and grouping of beats. (time signature) Note head: Could be black or white, indicating the note value. (ex. Quarter note, whole note) Quarter note: Stemmed black note head, equal to two eight notes Rest: A duration of silence Rhythm: Patterns made by pitch and silence notes and rests) in a piece. Simple meter: Meter where beat divides into twos and subdivides into fours. Top number of meter signature will be 2,3, or 4. Sixteenth note: Stemmed black note head with two flags. Slur: Arc that connects two or more different pitches. Stem: The vertical line extending from the head of a note. Syncopation: Off beat rhythmic accents created by dots, ties, rests, dynamic markings, or accent marks. Tempo: How fast or slow music is played Tie: Small arc connecting the note heads of two or more identical pitches, adding durations of notes together. Time signature: Otherwise known as meter signature. Located at beginning of first line of a musical score, after the clef and key signature. Indicates the beat and grouping of beats Upbeat: Occurs when melody starts just before the strong beat in a meter. Otherwise known as anacrusis. Whole note: Combination of two adjacent half steps.
 * Duple meter: Meter where beats are grouped into units of two
 * Quadruple meter: Meter where beats are grouped into units of four
 * Triple meter: Meter where beats are grouped into units of three