colors of sound (timbre and texture)
This ensemble consists of violin 1, violin 2, viola, and cello.
What is a string quartet?
This is formed with a minor third stacked on a Major third.
What is a major triad?
This is the solfege for a harmonic minor scale.
What is do re me fa sol le ti do?
This beat is the strongest in every meter.
What is beat 1?
This solfege note usually resolves to do.
What is ti?
An example of this musical texture is commonly heard at birthday parties.
What is heterophony?
The diatonic triad formed from the seventh note of a major scale
What is a diminished triad?
This is the scale degree name for the 7th note of a natural minor scale.
What is the subtonic?
This is the beat unit for music written in a 6/8 time signature.
What is a dotted quarter note?
These patterns are often found at the end of a musical phrase.
What is a solfege pattern?
What is homophony?
These numbers can be found next to a roman numeral under triad in the second inversion.
What is 6, 4?
This is the whole/half step pattern for a major scale.
What is whole whole half whole whole whole half?
Rhythmic groupings that go over the bar line.
This is formed when you raise the bottom note of a major sixth interval by a whole step.
What is a diminished 6th?
This is an instrument or voice's total range.
What is register?
In actual, practical music, this is the triad built off of dominant in a minor scale.
What is a major triad?
These are the notes for the scale parallel to the Ab Major scale.
Ab, Bb, Cb, Db, Eb, Fb, Gb
This asymmetrical meter can be broken into 2 and 3 beats or 3 and 2 beats.
What is 5/4?
This musical group typically features a guitarron.
What is a mariachi group?
This type of texture is described as two independent melodies happening at the same time.
What is polyphony?
Using diatonic notes of a harmonic minor scale, this quality triad is formed from the mediant.
What is an augmented triad?
A compound quadruple always has this number on the top.
What is 12?
These types of instruments play a different pitch than what is notated.
What is a transposing instrument?