Vocab
What is Pitch
The names of the five families of instruments
Woodwind
Brass
Percussion
String
Electric
The breaking up of music into smaller chunks to make it easier to read
A Measure
Songs around this speed tend to lower your heart rate
100 bpm or slower
Europe
The # of times a sound wave repeats every second
What if Frequency
there are this many families of woodwind instruments
3 (Single reed, Double reed, Splitting air)
Groupings of notes over time to divide the pulse
Rhythm
Songs around this speed make you feel anxious or stressed
150 bpm or above
This was the first world famous group to come from Eurovision
ABBA
What frequency is measure in
What are Hertz
these instruments can be cylindrical or conical
Brass
The lines that music is often written on
What is a Staff?
This is what BPM stands for
Beats per minute
This was the only year that the Eurovision Song Contest has not been held since its creation
2020
The echo of sound off the edge of a room/area
What is reverb?
This is a large wooden keyboard with a dark warm sound
Marimba
How the pulse is emphasized throughout a piece
What is Groove?
A small (short) repeatable phrase that is associated with a character or event.
What is a Motif?
This is how it is decided which country will host eurovision each year
The winning country becomes the host
Timbre/Tone
This voice is created by only closing half of the vocal folds together and allowing some air to pass through
Head Voice
using a lot of instruments, very few instruments, or just different instruments to change feeling
What is Texture?
These notes do not have a flat or sharp in between them
C and B
E and F
The reason the Eurovision song contest was created
To broadcast large scale television throughout europe