Rhythm
Pitch
Irish Music
Dynamics and Tempo
The Orchestra and Texture
100

One full beat.

Crotchet
100

What is the definition of pitch?

How high or low a note sounds.

100

What is the new note we studied in Irish Music


How long does it last?

Dotted crotchet


One and a half beats

100

What does f mean?


Bonus 50 for the full Italian term.

Loud 


Forte

100

What is monophonic texture?

An unaccompanied, single melody line
200

Two full beats.

Minim

200

List the three types of pitch.

Low pitch, medium pitch, high pitch


200

What is the name of the new time signature we studied?


What does it mean?

6/8 time



6 quaver beats per bar


200

What does p mean?


Bonus 50 for full Italian term.

Soft



Piano

200

What is it called when multiple melodies are layered over each other at the same time?

Polyphonic texture.

300

Four full beats.

Semibreve


300

What is the definition of dynamics?

How soft or loud a note sounds.

300

The rhyme for a reel dance.

Black and Decker


300

What does m stand for in dynamics?


Example: mp, mf

Mezzo


Moderately (medium)

300

When studying Handel's music, we learned about a new instrument called the c________d. Can you name it?

Clavichord

400

One and a half beats.

Dotted crotchet.

400
List the names of the solfa.

Do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do


400

The name of the Irish Music band we studied.

The Bothy Band


400

What does crescendo mean?

Gradually getting louder

400

Name the piece we studied by Vivaldi.

The Four Seasons

500

What is it called when we stop for a beat in music?

Rest

500

What is the term given to the specific sound of an instrument?

Timbre


500

The three Irish instruments we studied.

The fiddle, the bodhrán, the tin whistle


500

What does the tempo term Allegro mean?

It means lively.

500

Name the years that the Baroque era occurred between.

1600 and 1750.