Sound
The ability to critically evaluate what we hear in the music.
What is perceptive listening?
Synonyms for "Tension" and "Resolution" cause the energy of the music to move forward.
What are Dissonance and Consonance?
The identifiers of the music are (one full-length, the other shortened version).
What are theme and motive?
The speed of the music
What is tempo?
The volume of the music
What are dynamics?
The overall first impression of the music
What is sound?
Two kinds of these we discussed are major and minor.
What are chords?
The set of 8 notes from bottom to top in the same key is called
What are scales?
The length of the pitch or music
What is duration?
Soft versus Loud
What is piano and forte?
The science and study of how sound works
What are Acoustics?
This is the process of changing the key center.
What is modulation?
This is decided by the note name and frequency of the note.
What is pitch?
How the note is played (staccato, legato, marcato, etc.)
What is articulation?
The process of getting louder and getting softer
Crescendo and Decrescendo
This can be described as bright (nasal sounds or brassy trumpet) and dark (back of the mouth or Russian/Eastern European language).
What is Tone Quality?
This is the punctuation of the music where chords stop and start.
What is a cadence?
The lines and shape of the melody are called the
What is contour?
To speed up and slow down
Accelerando and Ritardando
This depends of the number of voices or instruments used in the piece
What is texture?
This is how we label or categorize music.
What is genre?
The difference between major and minor chords is the amount of these.
What are half-steps?
The lowest pitch to the highest pitch in a song is called the
What is range?
Meter is typically divided into two types called
Duple/Triple
The structure of the piece...related to poetry such as ABA, ABAB, AABB
What is form?