Harmony
Key
Form
Texture
Performer
100
This in music adds support, depth, and richness to a melody.
What is Harmony ?
100
The central tone around which a musical composition is organized.
What is the keynote?
100
The organization of musical ideas in time.
What is form?
100
The texture of a single melodic line with no accompaniment.
What is monophonic?
100
This individual brings the music of the printed page to life.
Who is the performer?
200
The musical element that refers to the way chords are constructed and how they follow each other.
What is harmony?
200
In traditional Western music, this is the smallest interval between two successive tones of a scale.
What is a half step?
200
This compositional technique provides familiarity and closure to a tune.
What is repetition?
200
The texture of two or more simultaneous lines of equal importance.
What is polyphonic texture?
200
Onaments not printed on the music that 17th and 18th century musicians were expected to perform.
What are embellishments?
300
A series of chords.
What is a progression?
300
Sharp or flat signs immediately following the clef sign at the beginning of a composition.
What is a key signature?
300
Retaining some elements of the melody while changing others.
What is variation?
300
A melody stated in one voice then immediately repeated by another voice.
What is strict repetition?
300
A performer who possesses a great natural talent.
What is a prodigy?
400
A combination of tones that is considered stable and restful.
What is consonance?
400
A shift from one key to another within a musical composition.
What is modulation?
400
A musical statement, followed by a contrasting statement then a return of the original statement.
What is ABA form?
400
The texture of a round.
What is counterpoint or strict repetition?
400
Music created at the same time as it is performed and the addition of ornaments not indicated in the music.
What is improvisation?
500
When a dissonance moves to a consonance.
What is resolution?
500
The sense of relatedness to a central tone.
What is key or tonality?
500
A musical statement followed by a repeat of that statement then a counterstatement.
What is AAB form?
500
The texture of hymns, barbershop quartets, or folk singers playing guitar.
What is homophonic?
500
This musician tunes the orchestra, plays solo violin parts and sits at the left hand of the conductor.
Who is the concertmaster?
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