Getting Pitchy
The highness or lowness of a note
What is pitch?
The pulse of the music, that all rhythms within a piece are built around.
What is the beat?
The musical term for the loudness or softness of music
What are dynamics?
More than one note being played at the same time
What is harmony?
The overall structure of a piece of music
What is form?
The smallest musical interval in western music which is the foundation for all scales
What is a half step?
The pattern of long and short musical notes within a song or piece, that moves in beat with the music.
What is rhythm?
The tone of an individual instrument or group of instruments playing together
What is timbre?
Musical notes that sound pleasant when played together
What is consonance?
A 12 bar chord progression that moves like:
I - IV - I - I
IV - IV - I - I
V -IV - I - V
What is 12 bar blues?
A note 8 steps apart from another note, that shares the same name and sound (but not the same range).
What is an Octave?
The speed of the music's beat.
What is tempo?
The way that instruments play the harmony, including arpeggios, ostinatos, pads, punches, and riffs.
What is texture?
Musical notes that clash when played together?
What is dissonance?
A piece of music that is often in Sonata form and uses a soloist playing with a symphony orchestra
What is a concerto?
A collection of notes placed in ascending or descending order, usually containing one of each musical letter.
What is a scale?
A device that keeps a steady beat and is measured in beats per minute (BPM).
What is a metronome?
A series of musical notes strung together to create a unique musical theme
What is the melody?
Three notes being played at the same time or once after another, to show the harmony of the piece
What is a chord?
A piece with an elaborate and expansive AABA form in classical music, usually for a solo instrument or solo instrument with piano accompaniment
What is a sonata?
A kind of scale with a "happy" affection, which contains a specific order of half (H) and whole (W) steps: WWHWWWH.
What is a major scale?
When the off-beat (or up-beat) is emphasized rhythmically stronger than the down beats.
What is syncopation.
A series of melodies strung together to create a longer musical thought or sentence
What are melodic phrases?
A series of chords that are stable and that the harmony wants to return to, or the less stable chords that the harmony moves to before going back to the stable ones.
What is tonality?
A large-scale piece for orchestra, usually with 4 movements and an expansive form.
What is a symphony?