Tempo
What is Tempo ?
Tempo is how fast or slow the beats go by.
What is Rhythm ?
Rhythm is the pattern or placement of sounds in time .
What is Melody?
The combination of pitch, rhythm and silence.
What is Harmony ?
The relationship between two or more simultaneous pitches.
What are Dynamics ?
The volume of a note.
What is tempo measured in ?
BPM
Where do you find the Time Signature ?
The time signature is at the start of the music after the key signature.
What is a motif?
A short musical idea that recurs throughout a piece of music.
What is the difference between consonance and dissonance?
Consonance has multiple notes playing together that sounds stable and harmonious. Dissonant notes sound tense and unstable.
What are the dynamic terms for soft and very loud?
What does BPM stand for ?
Beats Per Minute
How many beats are in a Whole Note, Half Note, Quarter Note, Eighth Note ?
Whole Note = 4 beats
Half Notes = 2 beats
Quarter Note = 1 beat
Eighth Note = ½ beat
What are some words used to describe Melody ?
Smooth, jagged, connected, stepwise (moving in steps), leaps & jumps, aggressive, accented, hard-hitting, conjunct, disjunct
What direction do you read harmony?
Vertically (up and down)
What does Piano and Mezzo Piano mean ?
Piano=soft/ quiet
Mezzo Piano=medium soft/ medium quiet
What language is Tempo usually marked in ?
Italian
What does adding a dot to a note do?
Adds half of the previous notes' value.
How can you describe Melody ?
Based on what it sounds like, or how it makes you feel.
Harmony is created by?
Multiple notes at once.
what is a decrescendo?
To gradually get softer/quieter
What are 2 common Tempo markings?
Largo, Adagio, Moderato, Allegro, and/or Presto
What does the top number of the time signature mean OR what does the bottom number tell us ?
The top number lets you know how many beats are in each measure.
Bottom tells you which type of note gets the beat.
What direction do you read melody?
Horizontally (left to right)
Give an example of an instrument that can create its own Harmony.
Piano
Define polyphonic texture
a texture where two or more independent melodic lines are played or sung simultaneously, creating a complex and rich sound.