English For Music Students

(Marvins-Underground-K-12) #1

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b. Technical Terms


Bar /bA:/ (n)
a subdivision of time in music; one measure of a
piece of music


Bar line /bA: lVIn/ (n)
a vertical line that divides measures of music


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Beat /bi:t / (n)
a basic unit of measurement of musical time,
expressed as a certain number of beats in the bar


Eighth note /eItT n@Ut/ (n)
a note of one half a beat; equal to one eighth of a
whole note; a quaver


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Eighth rest /eItT rEst/ (n)
a silence of one half a beat; equivalent rest for
the eighth note


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Half note /hA:f n@Ut/ (n)
a note of two beats long; equal to half a whole
note; a minim

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