Vocabulary 1
The speed at which a passage of music should be played.
Tempo
Getting softer and the opposite of crescendo.
Decrescendo
Who sang “Tisket a Tasket”?
Ella Fitzgerald
Performed the National Anthem at Woodstock.
Jimi Hendrix
He wrote the National Anthem.
Francis Scott Key
The varying levels of volume of sound in different parts of a musical performance.
Dynamics
Simultaneous combination of pitches
Harmony
Who sang “Stormy Weather”?
Fatz Waller
Created the song "Ohio" after the Ken State shooting.
Crosby, Stills, Nash, and later Young.
Where was the National Anthem written?
On an enemy British ship
Tone color or tone quality that distinguishes one sound source, instrument, or voice from another.
Timbre
Loud or strong
Forte
Who created a "Bundle of Blues"?
Duke Ellington
Created the song "What Did you Learn in School Today?"
Pete Seeger
Which war were we fighting in?
The War of 1812
Identification of a tone or note with respect to highness or lowness
Pitch
The way a composer or arranger takes musical sounds and assigns them to specific instruments.
Instrumentation
Who performed on “The Edsel Show” in 1957?
Louis Armstrong and Frank Sinatra
Sang "The Times They Are a-Changin'"
Bob Dylan
At what U.S fort did the battle take place?
Fort McHenry
linear succession of sounds and silences moving through time
Melody
The organization of all the tones and harmonies of a piece of music in relation to a tonic.
Tonality
This artist performed at the “American Folk Blues Festival”
Sister Rosetta Tharp
Created the"Fables of Faubus"
Charles Mingus
What song does the National Anthem take it's sound from?
A British Pub song called "To Anacreon in Heaven."