Melody
Series of pitches that makes a tune
Melody
Harmony
How long or short each sound is in music
Rhythm
Unique sound quality of an instrument
Timbre
How sparse or dense the layers of sound are
Texture
Division of music into sentences
Phrasing
A group of 3 or more notes played at the same time
Chords
The underlying pulse in music
Beat
Instruments that have strings and are bowed, strummed, or plucked.
Chordophone
1 melodic line
Monophony
The shape that music makes as you follow individual pitches
Contour
Consonant (happy) or Dissonant (sad)
Sound
A repeated musical pattern
Ostinato
Instruments that have a skin or stretched membrane
Membranophone
1 melodic line plus accompaniment
Homophony
The particular instruments used in a piece of music or the manner in which the piece is arranged
Instrumentation
Any change away from the key a song started in
Modulation
Speed how fast or slow the music is, but not individual notes.
Tempo
Instruments that are hit, shaken, or scraped to produce sound.
Idiophone
More than one independent melody playing at the same time
Polyphony
Playing style that affects the length or execution of notes in relation to each other
Articulation
A series of chords performed in a pattern
Chord Progression
2 numbers creating a fraction at the beginning of music
Time signature
The 2 types of instrument classification
Hornbostel-Sachs & Instrument Families
1 independent melody with different variations played at the same time.
Heterophony