Sound & Pitch
Sound begins with __________________.
What is vibration?
The repeated pattern of strong and weak beats.
What is meter?
Dynamics describe the __________________ of music.
What is volume OR loudness & quietness?
The basic unit of time that divides music into equal parts.
What is the beat?
When two or more notes sound together.
What is harmony?
The relative highness or lowness of a sound.
What is pitch?
The speed of the beat in music.
What is tempo?
The symbol p means __________________.
What is soft?
The ordered duration of sounds and silences.
What is rhythm?
A set of pitches arranged from low to high, starting and ending on the tonic.
What is a scale?
The speed of vibrations is measured in __________________.
What is frequencies OR Hz?
A tool that clicks or flashes to keep a steady tempo.
What is a metronome?
The symbol f means __________________.
What is loud?
This symbol means to play the note with emphasis.
What is an accent?
The two most common scales in Western music.
What are major and minor?
A pitch with uneven sound waves that do not reach the ear equally.
What is indefinite pitch?
When an accent occurs where you wouldn’t normally expect it, like on weak beats.
What is syncopation?
A crescendo means __________________.
Gradually getting louder.
This symbol means to play the note short and detached.
What is staccato?
A chord with three notes.
What is a triad?
The A above middle C has a frequency of ____ Hz.
What is 440?
The first beat of each measure.
What is the downbeat?
This symbol means to hold the note until the conductor cuts you off.
What is a fermata?
Meter divides each measure into __, __, __, or even more.
What is 2, 3, and 4?
The note that a key is named after is also called the ______.
What is tonic?