Submitted by Patricia Albritton, Florida

Idea posted April 21, 2003

Question: What music vocabulary do YOU feel is important that K-5 learn regarding music?

Answer: These words are on my Word Wall. It took a lot of time, but I get clerk time, so I printed them out, and she put them on tag board and laminated them. I put them up on our concrete block wall with hot glue. Yes, a lot of time - 2 days work after school.

A: a cappella, a tempo, accelerando, accent, accidentals, accompani-ment, acoustic, adagio, alla breve, allegro, allegretto, alto, alto clef, andante, antecedent, anthem, aria, arpeggio, articulation
B: ballad, band, barline, baritone, Baroque, bass, bass clef, beat, blues, brass
C: cadence, cadenza, canon, cantabile, chamber music, chest voice, choir, chorale, chord, chorus, chromatic, Classical, clef, coda, composer, concerto, conductor, consequent, carol
D: decrescendo, diminished, divisi, Dixieland, dotted notes, double reed, duet, duration, dynamics
E: eighth note, eighth rest, embouchure, enharmonic, etude
F: falsetto, fanfare, fermata, fanale, fine, flat, flutter tongue, form, forte, fortissimo, fugue
G: grace note, grand pause
H: half note, half rest, harmonic, harmony, head voice, hymn
I: imitation, improvisation, Impressionism, interval, intonation
J: jazz
K: key signature, key
L: largo, legato, L'istesso tempo
M: madrigal, maestoso, major, marcato, march, minor, measure, melody, meter, metronome, melodic, mezzo piano, mezzo forte, mode, moderato, Modern, modulation, mordent, mute
N: natural, notes
O: octave, opera, oratorio, orchestra, overture
P: percussion, practice, phrase, piano, pianissimo, pitch, polka, presto
Q: quarter note, quarter rest, quartet, quintet
R: ragtime, recital, refrain, reed, register, Renaissance Period, repeat, rest, rhythm, ritardondo, Rococo, Romantic Period, rondo, round, rubato
S: scale, scherzo, score, sequence, sforzando, sharp, simile, sixteenth note, sixty fourth note, sixty fourth rest, sixteenth rest, slur, solfège, solo, sonata, soprano, staccato, staff, strings, style, subito, suite, symphony, syncopation
T: ta-a, ta, ti-ti, tiki-tiki, tacet, technique, tempo, tenor, tenuto, texture, theme, thirty second note, thirty second rest, tie, timbre, time signature, tonality, tone color, transposition, treble clef, trill, triad, trio, triplet, tuning, turn
U: upbeat
V: variation, verse, vivace, voice
W: whole note, whole rest, woodwinds
and more: bordun, do-si-do, balance, allemande, corner, partner, swing, circle, square, ballad, Baroque Period, Classical Period, flute, piccolo, saxophone, Bass Clarinet, Clarinet, Bassoon, Contra, bassoon, improvisa-tion, Impression-ism, Composition, Oboe, English Horn, Maracas, Cymbals, Suspended, Cymbal, Tambourine, Woodblock, Claves, Chinese Temple Blocks, circle, phrase, presto