Rhythm
A music note that is (usually) worth 1 beat.
What is a quarter note?
A series of pitches that add up to a recognizable whole.
What is melody?
A specific music note or frequency
What is pitch?
Italian term for "soft" which means to play quietly.
what is "piano"?
What is improvising?
A music note that is (usually) worth 4 beats.
What is a whole note?
A melody played smoothly, with only small intervals between notes.
Three or more different notes being played at the same time.
What is a chord?
Italian term for "strong" which means to play loudly
What is "forte"?
Mr. Wowk's main instrument.
What is the violin?
The Italian word for the "speed" of the music.
What is "tempo"?
A melody that is jumpy, with large intervals between notes.
What is disjunct?
The distance between two notes; how far apart their pitches are.
What is an interval?
The Italian term for gradually getting louder
What is "crescendo"?
The small piece of cane (wood) that goes on the mouthpiece of a saxophone.
What is a reed?
The Italian tempo marking for "fast".
What is "allegro"?
How great a distance there is between the lowest and highest notes in a melody.
What is range?
The happier-sounding of the two most common chords.
What is a major chord?
The Italian term for gradually getting softer/quieter
What is "decrescendo"?
The artist of the song Little Blue.
Who is Jacob Collier?
a symbol at the beginning of written music which shows how many beats there are and what type of note each beat is.
What is the Time Signature?
The pitch area a melody mostly hangs out in - high, low, middle, etc.
What is register?
The sadder-sounding of the two most common chords.
What is a minor chord?
The Italian term for middle/medium, usually used as a prefix before forte or piano.
What is "mezzo"?
A unique style of singing from Mongolia where one voice can sing more than one pitch at a time.
What is throat singing?