Dynamics
Dynamics in music refer to ________.
What is the volume of the music?
These features help describe melody.
What are contour, register, motion, range, phrasing, articulation, ornamentation?
The arrangement of how notes and sounds are arranged in music.
What is rhythm?
This type of musical form has two main sections.
What is binary?
This is what makes a flute and a violin playing the same note sound different.
What is timbre?
This dynamic is the softest dynamic marking.
What is pianissimo (pp)?
The main tune of the music is called this.
What is melody?
This type of note receives 1 beat of sound in 4/4 time.
What is a quarter note?
This type of form has three main ideas.
What is ternary form?
These are the five instrument families.
What are strings, woodwinds, brass, percussion, and voices.
This dynamic marking tells you to gradually get softer.
What is decrescendo or diminuendo?
This is the job of harmony.
What is to support and accompany the melody?
This type of note receives four beats of sound in 4/4 time.
What is a whole note?
True/False: Form or structure in music is like a blueprint or map for a composition.
What is true?
This accidental lowers a note by 1 half step.
What is a flat (b)?
True or False: Dynamics have no impact on the emotion of the music.
What is FALSE?
These three elements are viewed as interconnected.
What are melody, harmony, and tonality?
This word describes the speed of the music.
What is tempo?
This form type has only one main idea.
What is monothematic?
The three accidentals in music are....
What are flat, sharp, and natural?
This dynamic marking means to play "suddenly loud".
What is sforzando (sfz)?
While melody is the main tune or single line of music, harmony are the notes/chords that support the melody.
What is the difference between melody and harmony?
These two types of notes can be grouped together or barred together.
What are eighth notes and sixteenth notes.
This form follows this pattern: ABACA
What is rondo?
This is the whole step and half step pattern of a MAJOR scale.
What is WWHWWWH?