Tempo
Tempo means how _____ or _____ music is.
What is fast or slow?
Dynamics tell us how _____ or _____ music is.
What is loud or soft?
Timbre is the unique _____ of an instrument or voice.
What is sound?
Pitch tells us how _____ or _____ a sound is.
What is high or low?
Form means the _____ of a piece of music.
What is structure (or organization)?
A turtle song would probably have this kind of tempo.
What is a slow tempo?
A whisper uses these dynamics.
What are soft dynamics?
A drum and a piano sound different because of this element.
What is timbre?
A bird chirp is usually high or low?
What is high?
A verse and chorus repeated over and over shows this element.
What is form?
A race car song would probably have this kind of tempo.
What is a fast tempo?
A cheering crowd uses these dynamics.
What are loud dynamics?
Even if they play the same note, a flute and a trumpet have different _____.
What is timbre?
A bass drum usually has a high or low pitch?
What is low?
In the pattern ABA, the first section comes back at the end.
What is form?
When the music speeds up.
What is getting faster?
Music that gets louder and louder.
What is a crescendo?
Timbre is often called the "tone _____."
What is colour?
When notes move from low to high.
What is ascending pitch?
If a song has sections A B A, which section repeats?
What is A?
Name a song you know that has a fast tempo.
Answers may vary (we will Spotify the song to check!)
Music that gets softer and softer.
What is a decrescendo?
Which has a different timbre: a violin and cello, or a violin and violin?
What is a violin and cello?
Which instrument usually plays higher pitches: a piccolo or a tuba?
What is a piccolo?
Why might a composer repeat a section of music?
Answers may include: to help listeners remember it, create structure, or make it interesting.