Music Terms
More Music Terms
Properties of Music
Italian Words
I got rhythm
100
Sounds that are organized in time.
What is an easy definition of music?
100
All sounds begin with something doing this.
What is vibrating.
100
The highness or lowness of a sound.
What is Pitch
100
Means to play or sing softly.
What is Piano?
100
A regular repeating pulse that divides music into equal parts.
What is Beat.
200
Music with a short "lifespan". It is popular for a few months and then it fades away.
What is "short-lived" music?
200
A sound that has a definite pitch.
What is a Tone.
200
How long or short a sound lasts.
What is Rhythm or Duration.
200
Means to play or sing loud.
What is Forte?
200
The organization of beats into regular groups.
What is meter.
300
The highness or lowness of a sound.
What is pitch?
300
How loud (or soft) music sounds.
What are Dynamics?
300
The quality of a sound.
What is Tone Color?
300
Italian prefix that means Moderately or medium.
What is Mezzo?
300
To play a note louder than the other notes around it.
What is an accent?
400
Another word for Tone Color.
What is Timbre?
400
How we tell the difference between a flute and a trumpet even if they are playing the same pitch at the same dynamic level.
What is Tone Color or Timbre?
400
How loud or soft a sound is.
What are Dynamics?
400
Italian suffix that means Very.
What is "issimo"?
400
The speed of the music.
What is Tempo?
500
The distance between two pitches in music.
What is an interval?
500
A pattern of tension and release that happens again and again.
What is Rhythm?
500
All music has these things in common.
What are Elements?
500
Abbreviation for very loud.
What is ff?
500
A note that lasts for 4 beats.
What is a whole note.
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