Dynamics & Articulations
The softness or loudness of music is know as...
Dynamics
This is the word that is used to describe the highness or lowness of a musical sound.
Pitch
This type of texture is multi-voice with a single, primary melody line supported by simple harmony lines underneath.
Homophonic
What is the overall structure of a piece of music?
Form
What is the pulse of the music in terms of how fast or slow it goes?
Beat
(blank) in music refers to how specific notes or passages are played or sung.
Articulations
The distance and relationship between two pitches.
Interval
This type of texture has two or more voices moving independently from one another at the same time with a melody.
Polyphony
Name the type of form that follows this pattern:
A - B
Binary
This is the term used to define the speed of the beat/music
Tempo
Dynamics that stay the same and do not change from note to note.
Static Dynamics
The distance between the lowest and highest tones of a melody, an instrument, or a voice.
Range
Timbre is also referred to as what?
Tone colour
Name the form that follows this pattern:
A – B – A – B – C – A
Verse- Chorus
This is how beats are grouped into small patterns within a larger song.
Meter
For this type of instrument, the first note of the slurred group is tongued but the rest of the notes are not—they are played in one continuous breath.
Wind instruments
A melodic sequence is...
the repetition of a melody
(section of music which is repeated at a different pitch)
If a rhythmic texture is described as (blank) then there would be there are a lot of fast eighth or sixteenth notes happening.
Dense
Name the type of form that follows this pattern:
A – B – A – C – A – D – A – E - A
Rondo
Refers to a specific way of interpreting rhythm where eight notes are played like triplets to create a galloping sound.
Swing
This dynamic marking means that a performer must play the music moderately soft.
mp (mezzo piano)
The 5 properties of a melody are...
- Duration
- Pitch
- Quality (Timbre)
- Texture
- Loudness (Dynamics)
Timbre is the result of what 3 factors?
1. Material of Instrument
2. Attack/Articulation
3. Sustained Pitch
In theme & variation, the variations can include changes in what? (Name at least 3)
Dynamics, Pitches, Rhythms, Harmony, Tempo
What does the bottom number mean in a time signature?
What note value represents one beat.