Rhythm
Pitch
Timbre/Expression
Texture/Form
Music Terms
100
This part of the human body best represents rhythm.

Skeleton

100
This music term refers to how high or low a sound is.

Pitch

100

This music term refers to the response or emotion in music.

Expression

100

The linear succession of notes.

Melody
100

This music term refers to the speed of music.

Tempo

200

The placement of sound in time.

Rhythm

200

This music term comes from combining Pitches and Rhythms.

Melody

200

In music, this is the sound quality of a note.

Timbre

200

2 or more notes being played or sung at the same time.

Harmony

200

In music, this tells us how many beats are in a measure and what note gets the beat.

Time Signature

300

These two types of symbols are what rhythms are made of and represent sounds and silences.

Notes & Rests

300

The music alphabet.

A, B, C, D, E, F, G

300
This music term refers to the volume of music.

Dynamics

300

This music term refers to how music is organized.

Texture

300

The Whole / Half step pattern of a Major Scale.

W-W-h-W-W-W-h

400

This note value is worth half of a beat.

Eighth Note

400

In music, harmony is considered _____ and melody is considered _____.

Vertical ; Horizontal
400
This is the element you are listening for when defining the characteristics of a singer's voice.

Timbre

400

The basic form of most pop music.

A - B - A' - B - C - B

400

This music texture consists of 1 melody with accompaniment.

Homophonic

500

In music, beats make up _____ which then make up _____.

Measures ; Phrases

500

The 2 types of clefs in music.

Treble & Bass

500
A form in music that consists of a melody/theme being played many different times.

Theme & Variation

500

This texture consists of multiple melodies being played/sung at the same time.

Polyphonic

500

Vocal music without any instruments.

A Capella