Music notes for 1st assessment

By – Leo
Treble Clef Bass Clef ♮ = Natural
♯ = Sharp
♭ = Flat

Repeat Sign
 Time Signature

Expression / Tempo

Allegro = Lively / Fast

Allegretto = Slightly slower than Allegro
Andante = Walking speed
Lento = Slow
Adagio = Slow
Presto = Very fast
= Staff Largo = Slow and Stately
Vivace = Quick
Grazioso = Gracefully
 PP = Pianissimo = very soft
P = Piano = soft
MP= Mezzo Piano = moderately soft
MF= Mezzo Forte = moderately loud
F = Forte = Loud
FF = Fortissimo = Very Loud
Music Dynamic Sign

PP (Softest) Staccato Slur

P
MP
MF Pause / Fermata
F
FF (Loudest)

Accent

Tie (same note)

Baroque – 1600
Classical – 1750
Romantic - 1830
Baroque
- Start from church music

John Sebastian Bach – German composer

George Frideric Handle – German-British composer (His dad disapproved of his love of music)
Georg Philipp Telemann – German composer (Style – German mixed style)
Antonio Vivaldi – Italian composer (He is priest so no marriage)
Henry Purcell – British composer

Classical
- Start from Western Musical Traditions
- Franz Joseph Haydn (Australian composer) solidified and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart developed the
genre.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – German and Roman composer

Ludwig Van Beethoven – German composer and pianist
Joseph Haydn – Austrian composer
Marianna Martines – Composer / Pianist and Singer
Luigi Boccherini – Italian composer
Romantic
- Start from Western Musical Traditions
- Franz Joseph Haydn (Australian composer) solidified and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart developed the genre.

Richard Wagner– German composer

Franz Liszt– Hungarian composer, virtuoso pianist, conductor, and teacher of the Romantic period.
Robert Schumann – German composer, pianist, and influential music critic.
Giuseppe Verdi– Italian composer
Johannes Brahms– German composer, pianist, and conductor of the mid-Romantic period.

Good luck :)