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Form
Rhythm
Texture
Dynamics
Miscellaneous
100
The part of the song that establishes the "groove"
What is the intro?
100
The speed of a piece of music.
What is the tempo?
100
One solitary melody
What is monophonic?
100
Loudest
What is forttissimo?
100
When a melody sounds unpleasing or unstable
What is dissonant?
200
The intro... but at the end of a song
What is an outro?
200
This note receives one beat
What is a quarter note?
200
If 2 or more ideas are happening in layers simultaneously, this is the type of texture.
What is polyphonic?
200
Loud
What is forte?
200
The two types of chords in harmony
What is major and minor.
300
This part of a song has the main melody and is the "hook"
What is the chorus?
300
This note receives 2 beats.
What is a half note?
300
The texture that has a secondary rhythm or chord that supports a primary melody
What is homophonic?
300
Softest
What is piannissimo?
300
The highness or lowness of a note
What is pitch?
400
The energetic build-up before the chorus.
What is the pre-chorus?
400
Accenting an unexpected beat.
What is syncopation?
400
The founding fathers of counterpoint. You need to only to say one.
Who are Johann Sebastian Bach, Antonio Vivaldi and George Frederich Handel?
400
Soft
What is piano?
400
The diction of music performance, how a musician starts a note.
What is articulation?
500
This part of the song offers a contrast to the verse and chorus. It can contain lyrics or no lyrics
What is the bridge?
500
This tells you how the beats are grouped in music.
What is the meter or time signature?
500
This technique uses polyphony of multiple melodies and was originally forbidden by the church.
What is counterpoint?
500
Medium soft
What is mezzo piano?
500
The #1 song on Billboard Hot 100 as of this morning
What is Hello by Adele?