Sound
The vibration of an object as interpreted by the human eardrum.
Sound
The ordered duration of sounds and silences.
Rhythm
A series of singular tones that make up a recognizable whole.
Melody
The central tone of a key/scale.
Keynote/Tonic
The texture of a single line of melody without accompaniment.
Monophonic
A sound that has a definite pitch.
Tone/Note
A system of writing music.
Notation
How different musical voices interact. Refers to how music is constructed.
Harmony
A series of tones grouped together by specific intervals.
Scale
The texture of multiple important musical lines happening simultaneously.
Polyphonic
How a tone/note sounds based on the instrument or voice performing it.
Tone Color or Timbre
A group containing a fixed number of beats in the music.
Measure/Bar
The final arrival point of a musical phrase.
Cadence
A tool used to indicate the key of a piece. It is often listed at the beginning of a line of music in the staff.
Key Signature
The texture of multiple musical lines, but only one of clear importance. (ie. Melody with an accompaniment)
Homophonic
The degrees of loudness or softness in music.
Dynamics
A set of 5 horizontal lines on which notes are written in a work of music.
Staff
When dissonance moves to consonance.
Resolution
Name the 3 different types of scales as defined by the specific series of intervals used in them.
Major, Minor, and Chromatic
When one voice restates the melodic material of another voice.
Imitation
Name 5 different instrument groups.
5 from:
Strings, Brass, Woodwinds, Percussion, Keyboard, and Voice
A full composition showing the music for each instrument or voice all together.
Score
When the individual tones of a chord are sounded one after another in sequence.
Broken Chord/ Arpeggio
The act of changing from one key to another.
Modulation
The technique of combining several melodic lines in different voices and how those lines interact.
Counterpoint