Vocabulary
This is what will always be used to label the first phrase in a song when looking at phrase structure.
What is an A Phrase?
You don't need to put your mouth on this woodwind instrument-- instead, you only need to blow air across the mouthpiece to make sound.
This interval occurs when two pitches sit right next to each other.
What is a step?
This is a constant pulse in a song that can be used to help figure out what rhythms are being used in a song.
What is the beat?
This is Ms. Bryant's primary instrument.
Someone who writes music to be performed by ensembles.
What is a composer?
This type of ensemble is made up of singers.
What is a choir?
This pitch is the ending pitch for most of our songs. When a phrase ends on this pitch, the song feels complete.
What is do?
This rhythm is zero sounds for one beat.
What is a quarter rest?
This is Ms. Bryant's favorite color.
What is green?
This is a style of performance that only uses the performer's voice and no instruments.
What is a capella?
This ensemble is constantly on the move. Made up of percussion, brass, and woodwind instruments, this ensemble is usually found in parades or halftime shows.
What is a marching band?
This pitch is two steps, or one skip, below do.
What is low la?
This rhythm is one sound stretched over two beats. It is written using a half-note.
What is ta-ah?
This is how old Ms. Bryant is.
What is 84?
Someone who leads a large group of musicians to make sure they all play together.
What is a conductor?
This instrument looks similar to a violin, but much larger and plays much lower pitches. It's so large, that a musicians needs to be standing just to play it.
What is a double bass?
This pitch is three steps below do.
What is low sol?
This rhythm has four sounds on one beat. It is made up of sixteenth notes.
What is takadimi?
This is the name of Ms. Bryant's bearded dragon.
What is Cato?
A march always follows this strong beat pattern.
What is a two pattern/2-4/duple meter?
This instrument looks like a piano, but with a lot more keys. Instead of making sound with strings, it pushes air through large pipes.
What is an organ?
This musical scale uses the pitches do, re, mi, sol, and la.
What is the do pentatonic scale?
This rhythm has three sounds on one beat. It follows a pattern of long-short-short, and uses one eighth note and two sixteenth notes.
What is tadimi?
This is Ms. Bryant's favorite music genre.
What is kpop?