Rhythm
What is rhythm?
The arrangement of notes of different lengths or how the notes are measured in the length of time that they sound in a piece of music
What is tempo?
How fast or slow the music is performed
What are dynamics?
The volume of the music or how loud or soft the music is being played
How many instrument families are there?
Four (woodwinds, brass, percussion, strings)
What is melody?
Melody: a collection of musical tones that are grouped together as a single entity (one musical tone played at a time)
True or False: Rhythm in music is like an egg in a cake--it holds everything together.
TRUE: without rhythm, everything else about the music we hear changes
What does BPM mean?
Beats Per Minute
What are static dynamics?
Which instrument family does the trombone belong to?
Brass, Woodwind, Percussion, or Strings
Brass
What is harmony?
Harmony: what occurs when more than one note is played or sung at the same time
True or False: Despite cultural differences in types of rhythms, the function of rhythm is the same across genres of music.
TRUE
A very fast tempo is called:
a-Adante
b-Lento
c-Presto
C-Presto
What are changing dynamics?
Dynamics that change over time, even over the course of one long note.
True or False: Different genres of music use different groupings/sizes of the instrument families.
TRUE--these are called ensembles
Harmony that sounds good to our ears.
Rhythm sounds like...
a-pencils tapping a pattern on the table
b-a metronome
c-high and low sounds
A-pencils tapping a pattern on the table
A very slow tempo is called:
a-Adagio
b-Allegro
c-Adante
d-Lento
D-Lento
What language is used to build the vocabulary used to describe a piece of music's dynamics?
Italian (also for tempo!)
If you could learn how to play an instrument, which instrument family would you pick from and why?
Brass, Woodwind, Percussion, Strings
What does dissonant harmony mean?
Harmony that does not sound good to our ears.
Rhythm LOOKS like...
a-the musical alphabet
b-the way the conductor's baton moves
c-circles with or without tails on sheet music
C-circles with or without tails on sheet music
What instrument is used to measure BPM?
A metronome
True or false: If p indicates a quiet volume, ppp means less quiet because there are more p.
False: ppp indicates one of the most quiet dynamics in music
Which instrument family does the piano belong do?
Brass, Woodwind, Percussion, String
TRICK QUESTION!!
True or False: Consonance and Dissonance is a very subjective experience of music, which can be affected by the music we grew up listening to, our cultural music, and where we live.
TRUE: these experiences of consonance/dissonance also inform composers on how they may be used to convey imagery/meaning in their music.