Elements of Music
Notes of different pitches played simultaneously (at the same time).
What is harmony?
A series of single notes that, as a whole, create a recognizable and distinguishable idea.
What is a melody?
Instruments that are played by hitting, shaking, scraping, or rubbing.
What is percussion?
This six-stringed string instrument is widely used but mostly associated with rock music.
What is a guitar?
A-B
What is two-part form?
How the beat is observed and when notes happen.
What is rhythm?
How loud or soft something is.
What are dynamics?
Instruments that are played by strumming, bowing, or plucking strings.
What are string instruments?
This brass instrument is known for its slide that is used to change the pitch.
The pulse of a piece of music.
What is the beat?
The organization of sections in a piece of music.
What is form?
Instruments that are played by blowing air across a reed or into a hole. Historically were made of wood.
What is a woodwind?
This brass instrument is the smallest, highest pitched, and most agile brass instrument.
What is a trumpet?
Two part form with an occasional transition section such as a bridge or prechorus.
Verse-chorus form
How fast or slow a piece of music is.
What is tempo?
The sound quality that distinguishes a musical sound.
What is timbre?
Instruments that are played by buzzing into a metal mouthpiece attached to tubing.
What are brass instruments?
This string instrument is the smallest and highest pitched string instrument used in the orchestra.
What is a violin?
A stable and pleasing combination of notes
What is consonance?
An unstable/tense combination of notes.
What is dissonance?
This brass instrument is the largest and most deepest pitched brass instrument.
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What is three part form?
The grouping of beats in a piece of music
What is meter?
The number of musical layers heard at once.
What is texture?
This string instrument is the largest and most deepest pitched string instrument in the orchestra.
What is a bass?
A way of classifying and organizing music based on similarities such as musical composition, style, cultural influence, etc.
What is a genre?
This instrument is a woodwind instrument, but often is confused for a brass instrument because it is made of brass.
What is a saxophone?