RHYTHM
The sequence of regularly spaced sounds in music
What is PULSE?
All vibrating bodies produce these
(Think of a string that is plucked or a drum that is hit.)
What are SOUND WAVES?
Volume is a parameter of sound waves that determines this aspect of a sound
What is LOUDNESS or SOFTNESS?
Timbre describes this aspect of sound
What is TONE COLOR?
This element of music describes how the structure of a piece of music unfolds over time
What is FORM?
The speed of a piece of music as determined by the frequency of pulses
What is TEMPO?
A high pitch is produced by a sound wave with this kind of frequency
What is a HIGH frequency?
What is AMPLITUDE?
Timbre is a characteristic of all sounds, but texture is a characteristic of this
What is MUSIC?
This organizational aspect of form occurs when the same thing is heard multiple times
What is REPETITION?
This is created by a repeated pattern of stronger and weaker beats
What is METER?
This is the distance between two pitches
(An octave, for example.)
What is an INTERVAL?
When musicians discuss volume, they refer to it as this
What is DYNAMIC LEVEL?
Texture describes the contents of various voices in a musical work and how they interact. These voices are also called this
What are LAYERS?
This organizational aspect of form refers to music that has not been heard before
What is CONTRAST?
A unit of the regular metrical pattern repeated throughout a piece of music is called this
(Two beats, three beats, or four beats, for example.)
What is a MEASURE?
Pitches are assigned to these two roles in music
What are MELODY and HARMONY?
This term refers to the way that pitches are begun, sustained, and released
What is ARTICULATION?
Music with a single melody line with no accompaniment has this texture
What is MONOPHONIC?
This organizational aspect of form occurs when musical material repeats, but with alterations or changes
What is VARIATION?
Whenever beats are grouped into measures, the first beat of the measure is a strong beat called this
What is the DOWNBEAT?
These are groups of pitches that sound at the same time
What are CHORDS?
Music producers describe the envelope of a sound (its articulation) with the acronym A.D.S.R., which stands for this
What is ATTACK, DECAY, SUSTAIN, RELEASE?
Music with an accompaniment (probably chords) that is secondary to the melody has this texture
What is HOMOPHONIC?
This is typically the "catchy" part of a song's form, with words and melody that repeat the same way each time it's heard
What is the CHORUS?