Prep
upward motion

before a downbeat
Downbeat
downward motion

start of a measure
Pulse
steady

sound or motion
Cutoff
signal to stop

all sound and motion
Ascending
moving upward
Whole Step
two half steps
Chromatic

- or -

Chromatically
by half step
Enharmonic
the other name
Beat
pulse that you can "feel"

- or -

the base unit of time
Adjacent
next to
Descending
moving downward
Half step
directly adjacent pitch
Natural notes
white keys
Tempo
speed

(of the beat)
Countoff
steady, confident count

to start the group
Octave
interval encompassing
8 notes of a scale

(scale degrees)
Measure
unit containing a specific number of pulses
Barline
vertical line

separating measures
Beam
horizontal line

connecting two or more stems
Notehead
symbol representing sound

Stem
vertical line

connected to notehead
Pre-band Flashcards