Rhythm
Rhythm is how ____ or ____ a sound is.
long / short
Melody is a series of _____ that make up a tune.
pitches
Tonality is the overall sound of the music, which can sound either _______ or _______.
pleasing / unpleasing
Form is the _____ and ____ of the parts in the music.
order / arrangement
Dynamics refers to the ________, or how loud or soft the music is.
volume
What is a beat?
Steady pulse
Harmony _______ the melody with chords.
supports
Timbre is the unique ______ _______ of a sound or instrument.
sound quality
Texture is the _____ of the music, and can be described as sparse or dense.
layers
Put the following words from softest to loudest: Forte, Fortissimo, Mezzo Forte, Mezzo Piano, Pianissimo, Piano
Pianissimo, Piano, Mezzo Piano, Mezzo Forte, Forte, Fortissimo
Tempo is the _____ of the pulse.
Speed
Name the 5 letters of the LINES of the treble clef staff, from bottom to top.
E, G, B, D, F (Every Good Burger Deserves Fries)
This type of tonality is described as having no tonal center.
Atonal
A binary form of music has this many sections.
Two (A and B)
Crescendo and decrescendo are gradual dynamic changes. What do each of them do?
Crescendo = gradually get louder
Decrescendo = gradually get softer
What are the five types of notes/rhythms that we discussed in class?
Whole, half, quarter, eighth, sixteenth
Name the 4 spaces of the treble clef staff, from bottom to top.
F, A, C, E
What are the five instrument families?
Brass, Woodwind, Percussion, Strings, Vocal
This type of texture is played solo or in unison.
These are the four main types of articulation in music.
Accent, Marcato, Tenuto (Legato), Staccato
A singular eighth note gets this many beats--however, we must often see it with this many sounds per beat.
1/2 a beat ; 2 sounds per beat
What are the four types of chords that you will be likely to hear in music (the ones we talked about in class)?
Major, Minor, Augmented, Diminished
When describing timbre, we often use these kinds of words to talk about the sound or the instrument.
Descriptive
This type of texture is one part begins the melody, and other voices join in later with the melody at a different starting point.
Round or canon
This word means to hold the sound for a long time. The symbol looks like a bird's eye.
Fermata