A succession of single pitches or tones perceived as a meaningful unity; anything that is singable.
What is a melody?
100
Two part form is called . . .
What is a Binary form?
100
The quality of a sound; tone color.
What is timbre?
100
Loud in Italian
What is forte?
100
The violin belongs to which family?
What is the string family.
200
Texture with principal melody and accompanying harmony; one melody with harmony/accompaniment.
What is Homophonic/Homophony?
200
Tempo that indicates getting faster.
What is an accelerando?
200
Literally meaning “robbed time”—is an expressive technique performers use to speed up and slow down, enhancing the emotional impact of the performance.
What is rubato?
200
Soft in Italian.
What is piano?
200
The trumpet belongs to which family?
What is the brass family.
300
An added melody of secondary or equal importance
What is a countermelody?
300
Gradually slowing down?
What is ritardando.
300
A main melodic idea.
What is a theme?
300
Gradually getting louder
What is a "crescendo"?
300
The oboe is considered this type of woodwind instrument.
What is a double reed?
400
Two or more melodic lines combined into a multi-voiced texture.
What is a polyphony?
400
Italian for fast.
What is allegro?
400
A smooth style of playing is called . . .
What is legato?
400
Gradually softer
What is decrescendo?
400
Sound that is produced from tightly stretched membranes.
What is a membranophone?
500
Single-line texture, or melody without accompaniment.
What is monophonic?
500
Three part form is called . . .
What is ternary form?
500
Music instruction for string players to pluck the string with the finger.