Musical Line
a line, or the tune, in music.
What is Melody?
what moves music forward in time OR a variety of percussive effects that move in time.
What is rhythm?
two or more notes played simultaneously.
What is harmony?
an interval spanning eight notes of the scale.
What is an octave?
the interweaving of melodic lines.
the parameters of a composition, allows for the organization of musical sections.
What is form?
the rate of speed, or pace, of the music.
What is tempo?
religious text in music.
the distance between two pitches.
What is an interval?
organization of measures or bars.
What is a meter?
the simultaneous sounding of three or more pitches.
What is a chord?
known as half steps and/or semitones.
single voice or line without accompaniment.
What is monophony?
common form used in western music, features repeated music for each stanza.
What is strophic form?
a faster tempo.
What is allegro?
non religious text in music.
What is secular?
the motion of upwards or downwards.
What is Contour?
2/4, 3/4, and 4/4 meter.
What is simple meter?
a sequence of pitches that move an a diatonic manner.
What is a scale?
equates to two half steps.
What is a whole step?
a musical texture where one main melodic line is supported by harmonic accompaniment, creating a rich and coordinated sound.
What is homophony?
(A-B) form.
What is binary form?
a moderate tempo.
What is moderato?
melodies sung on a neutral sound like "ah."
What is vocalise?
What is a phrase?
3/8, 6/8, 9/8, and 12/8 meter.
What is compound meter?
most common chord in western music or three pitches that outline a chord.
What is a triad?
a diatonic scale is made up of a combination of...
What is half steps and whole steps?
a musical texture where multiple performers simultaneously play the same melody, but with individual variations, such as different embellishments or rhythms.
What is heterophony?
(A-B-A) or (A-B-C) form.
What is ternary form?
a slow tempo.
What is adagio?
improvised singing that uses no lyrics.
What is scat-singing?
five parallel lines to read music.
What is a staff?
comprised of many rhythms that vary.
What is polyrhythm?
a "happy" sounding scale.
What is a major scale?
to raise a pitch.
What is to sharpen?
many-voiced texture with different melodic lines.
What is polyphony?
a melodic idea in a large-scale work.
a beat that speeds up.
What is accelerando?
music sung in the language of the people.
What is vernacular?
a melody that moves in small, connected intervals.
What is conjunct?
A mixture of downbeats and upbeats.
What is syncopation?
What is a minor scale?
to lower a pitch.
What is to flatten?
complex musical texture that composers use to create polyphony.
What is counterpoint?
when a motive is repeated at a different pitch.
What is a sequence?
a tempo that slows down.
What is ritardando?
each syllable of a song text may get one note.
What is syllabic?
a secondary melody.
What is a countermelody?
without an identifiable meter or clear beat.
What is non-metric?
the central pitch around which a melody and its harmonies are built.
What is tonic?
intervals smaller than half steps.
What are microtones?
What is imitation?
repetitive style (or responsorial) of music involving a soloist and a group.
What is call and response?
the volume of a note.
What is dynamics?
one syllable may get a few notes.
What is neumatic?
the frequency of a note.
What is a pitch?
A regular pulse that divides time into equal segments.
What is a beat?
the key center that denotes either a major or minor sound.
What is tonality?
known as the "home base" chord.
What is the tonic chord?
a compositional technique that requires a song to repeat and cycle a melody many times.
What is a canon and or round?
spontaneous composition.
a loud dynamic.
What is forte?
one syllable may get many notes.
What is melismatic?
the tone color of a note.
What is Timbre?
a weighted articulation.
What is an accent?
unstable, discordant, combination of pitches and has tension.
the two active chords that are built on the fourth and fifth degree notes within a key.
What is subdominant and dominant?
a combination of melodic lines that move in the same rhythm.
What is homorhythmic?
a style composition that has no repeating sections.
What is through-composed form?
a quite dynamic.
What is piano?
another word for melisma or a drawn-out word over many notes.
What is word-painting?
phrases end in "resting places" OR a sequence of notes or chords comprising the close of a musical phrase.
What is a cadence?
7/8 and 5/8 meter.
What is mixed meter?
occurs with a resolution, producing a stable or restful sound.
What is consonance?
to change key within a composition.
a repeating musical rhythm.
What is an ostinato?
What are movements?
growing louder. growing softer.
What is crescendo? What is decrescendo?
a unit or verse in music or poetry.
What is a stanza or strophe?