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I've Got Rhythm
(Rhythm, Beat,
and Meter)
Living in Perfect Harmony
(Melody, Harmony,
and Key)

Form, Texture,
and Tempo
PDA
(Pitch, Dynamics, Articulation)
Random
100
The steady pulse of music.
What is the beat?
100
The first thing most people think of when remembering a song.
What is melody?
100
Tempo is measured in this unit.
What are Beats Per Minute?
100
How high or low a note is.
What is pitch?
100
What most people think of when they think of a melody; something that is easily hummable.
What is a tune?
200
The pattern or placement of sound in time.
What is rhythm?
200
A series of notes that move along in time, one after the other.
What is melody?
200
A texture that has two or more melodic lines.
What is polyphonic?
200
The volume of music.
What are dynamics?
200
The number and types of layers used in a composition and how these are related.
What is texture?
300
The combination of simultaneously sounding notes to make a chord.
What is harmony?
300
A form that has two main sections, labeled AB or AABB.
What is binary form?
300
The attack and duration of a note.
What is articulation?
300
A form with a recurring theme and alternating episodes.
What is rondo?
400
The organization of beats.
What is meter?
400
The organization of all the tones and harmonies of a piece of music related to a tonic.
What is tonality or key?
400
An Italian word meaning "walking pace."
What is Andante?
400
Short, detached notes.
What is staccato?
400
Something that can be as short as 2 or 3 notes, but is used to build a melody.
What is a motive?
500
Meter that has four beats in a measure.
What is quadruple meter?
500
A melodic seed that is NOT a complete tune.
What is a phrase?
500
A texture that has one primary voice with harmonic accompaniment.
What is Homophonic?
500
An Italian word for a dynamic that is medium loud.
What is mezzoforte?
500
A form that does not have a discernible structure; one that cannot be written with letters.
What is through-composed?