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Odds and Ends
Dynamically Instrumental
Your guess is as good as mine
100
A series of single notes that add up to a recognizable whole.
What is a melody?
100
A steady pulse.
What is a beat?
100
The character or quality of a sound.
What is timbre or tone color?
100
The dynamic marking that means "loud" in Italian.
What is forte?
100
A short vibrating element will make this kind of pitch.
What is a high pitch.
200
A harmony that is at rest or stable.
What is Consonant.
200
A meter with three pulses per group, one accented and two unaccented.
What is triple meter?
200
The pause or sense of arrival at the end of a phrase.
What is a cadence?
200
The lowest range of the human voice.
What is bass?
200
A rhythmic device where normally unaccented beats are accented.
What is syncopation
300
The texture of "Row your boat" when sung in a round.
What is imitative polyphony?
300
The italian term that refers to the speed of music.
What is tempo?
300
The term for when a piece of music moves from one key to another.
What is modulation?
300
An Italian dynamic marking that means "gradually become louder".
What is a "crescendo"?
300
The most important pitch in a key to which all other pitches gravitate.
What is tonic?
400
Specific groupings of three or more notes sounding together
What is a chord?
400
An Italian speed marking that means "fast".
What is allegro?
400
The the two most commonly used scales in Western music.
What are major and minor?
400
A short section or part of a melody.
What is a phrase?
400
A texture with a melody and accompaniment.
What is homophony.
500
A texture with a single unaccompanied melody.
What is monophonic.
500
A meter with two pulses, one accented and one unaccented.
What is duple meter.
500
The extra pitches that sound above a fundamental pitch that allow us to hear timbre and distinguish different instruments.
What are overtones?
500
The highest range of the human voice.
What is soprano?
500
A melodic or form principle that introduces an idea and then does something completely different. Often show as: a b.
What is contrast?