Music terminology

Dynamic terminology assessment

Italian musical terms that describe a playing style or mood can be used at the beginning or throughout a piece of music. A piece might have only one mood described for its entire duration, or sections might have different moods that change regularly back and forth. These musical terms help to create a mental picture […]

The elements of music can be seen as being the building blocks of music. Without them, music (of any style/age) would not exist because sound itself would

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Music theory private lessons for students on all instruments. Music theory is the written language of music.

When playing music, a musician needs to know how long to play each note. Composers tell them by using different note symbols. Let’s take a look at some of the music note types we definitely need to know about when learning to read music.

Read on to learn about what dynamics in music are. Learn all about the dynamics terms, symbols and their definitions.