Rhythm
Sound
Performing Media
Notation
Melody v. Harmony
Key
100

The pattern of durations of notes and silences in music. 

What is rhythm?

100

Vibrations that are transmitted to the eardrum. 

What is sound?

100

The number of performing media. 

What is 2?

100

A system of writing so that specific pitches and rhythms can be communicated. 

What is notation?

100

Series of single notes forming a sequence (singable)

What is melody?

100

Central note in a scale or chord (tonic)

What is a key?

200

Speed of music

What is tempo?

200

Highness or lowness that we hear in a sound. 

What is pitch?

200

The four basic voice ranges. 

What are soprano, alto, tenor and bass? 

200

Name the clef.

What is a treble clef?

200

Combination of simultaneously sounded notes

What is harmony?

200

The major scale pattern

What is WWHWWWH?

300

Regular, recurrent pulsation that divides music into time. 

What is a beat?

300

The volume of sound; loudness or softness of music. 

What are dynamics?

300

Any mechanism - other than voice - that produces musical sounds. 

What is an instrument? 

300

Placed at the beginning of the staff to show the pitch of each line and space. 

What is a clef? 

300

A short musical idea (word)

What is a motif?

300

2-part form (AB)

What is binary form?

400

The number of quarter notes in a measure. 

What is 4?
400

Quality of sound that distinguishes a voice or instrument. 

What is timbre?

400

The six instrument categories. 

What are woodwind, brass, strings, percussion, keyboard, and electronics?

400

Name the type note or rest. 

What is a half rest?

400

A complete musical unit, part of a melody (sentence)

What is a phrase?

400

A melodic line and accompaniment

What is homophonic texture?

500

Tempo is 168.

What is Presto?

500

Guess the sound.

 

What is the flute?

500

The saxophone belongs to what instrument category. 

What are woodwinds? 

500

The acronym to remember the bass clef line notes.

What are Good Burritos Don't Fall Apart?
500

A musical unit comprised of two balanced phrases an antecedent and consequent (paragraph)

What is a period?

500

Designate a particular type of music with a distinct sound. 

What is genre?

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