Melody/Harmony
The part of the song or piece that you can sing or hum, otherwise known as the tune.
What is melody?
These are the patterns of sound represented in music by using symbols of notes and rests.
What is rhythm?
This represents the loudness or quietness of music.
What is dynamics?
This is a musical idea that appears multiple times in a piece.
What is a theme?
This person creates original music.
Who is a composer?
This adds depth and support to the song.
What is harmony?
True or False: The treble clef is a rhythmic symbol.
False, the treble clef is a notation symbol for pitch.
This refers to the density such as thickness or thinness of the voices or instruments.
What is texture?
This is a form of music where you take a musical idea and alter it in different ways each time to create a new version of the tune.
What is Theme and Variations?
This symbol, FF, tells the performer to play or sing very loud.
What is fortissimo?
Listening Question: Does this example show melody or harmony?
What is harmony?
This is the part of the song that you feel like a pulse.
What is beat?
This describes the distinctive quality or tone that each instrument or voice has.
What is timbre?
This refers to the structure and organization of a piece of music or a song.
What is form?
This person takes an existing work and changes it to be playable by different instrumental or vocal combinations.
Who is an arranger?
Listening Question: Does this example show melody or harmony?
What is melody?
Yes or No: Does this piece of music have a beat?
Yes
This ogre would describe texture by the layers of sound it has, like an onion.
Who is Shrek?
This is the pattern a Rondo Form follows.
What is ABACA?
This symbol tells the musician to play or sing medium soft.
What is mezzo piano?
Sing the melody of "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star." Yes, really, and yes, the whole thing.
Correct.
This is the speed at which the beat is felt.
What is tempo?
These THREE things can affect the sound of timbre.
What are materials, size, and the person?
This is the pattern a song form follows.
What is ABABCB?
This person mixes and balances music to make it ready for public consumption through means such as streaming or radio airplay.
Who is a producer?