Sound
degree of loudness or softness of the music.
pp - ff, piano (p) - soft; forte (f) - loud;
mezzo - moderately, must be combined with p or f
What is "Dynamics"?
The frequency (higness or lowness) of a musical sound.
What is "pitch"?
Horizontal and vertical relationships of musical materials
What is "Texture"?
a brief melodic figure which repeats frequently throughout a piece.
What is "Motive"?
Music: temporal art, exists in time. (Others: poetry, drama, lit.) As opposed to "spatial"
What is "Duration" ?
the rate of speed at which a composition unfolds, usually measured in the speed between beats.
What is "Tempo" ?
to grow louder
what is "crescendo" ?
the distance between two tones.
What is "Interval"?
one musical line
What is "Monophony"?
an important melody in a musical composition
What is "theme"?
"flow"; movement of music in time. The specific duration of musical sounds.
What is "Rhythm"?
steady, predictable duration between beats.
What is "pulse" ?
to grow softer
What is "decrescendo" ?
the smallest interval in most Western music
What is "1/2 step"?
melody and accompaniment
What is "Homophony"?
a pattern of pitches transposed to start on another note.
What is "Sequence"?
upsetting the normal pattern of accents; accents shifted to a weak beat.
What is "Syncopation"?
gradual increase of tempo
What is "accelerando"?
Soft
What is "Piano (p)"?
two half steps
What is "whole step"?
two or more simultaneous musical melodies
What is "Polyphony"?
The curve of a musical line, consisting of pitches and durations. This functions as a complete unit.
What is "Melody"?
A basic unit of length; there is usually an accent on the first beat.
What is "Measures"?
gradual decrease of tempo
What is "Ritardando" ?
Loud
What is "Forte (F)"?
from "scalar", "ladder"; organization of intervals
examples: major, minor, chromatic, pentatonic, modes
What is "Scale"?
a unit of meaning within a larger structure, comparable to a clause or sentence in language.
What is "phrase"?
the basic grouping of beats and accents.
Duple, triple; Simple and compound
What is "Meter"
walking (slow/moderate) tempo
What is "andante"?
weight or stress on a note.
What is "Accent"
the organization of pitches and chords around a central pitch
What is "key"?
two phrases together
What is "Period" ?
developed in 1816 by J.N. Malzel; instrument to measure time exactly.
What is "Metronome" ?
Fast tempo
What is "Presto"?
accent on a single beat
What is "sforzando" ?
first degree of a scale; chord built on the first degree of the scale
solemn (slow) tempo
quality or characteristics of a sound.
What is "Timbre"?
fifth degree of a scale; chord built on the fifth degree of the scale
What is "Dominant"?
All of the notes produced by a voice or instrument
What is "Range"?
specific areas in the range of an instrument or voice.
What is "Register" ?
Four Basic Properties of Sound
What is "Duration, Volume, Color, and Pitch"