PITCH
This term refers to the highness or lowness of a sound, like the difference between a Chihuahua's bark and a St. Bernard's growl.
What is pitch?
This symbol raises a pitch by one half step.
What is a sharp (♯)?
This is the smallest identifiable recurring musical idea, often defined by its rhythmic and melodic traits.
What is a motive?
This 1905 symphonic work by Claude Debussy captures the essence of the sea.
What is La mer?
This seismologist, known as the "Earthquake Lady," founded the Tempo Project to use music for climate action.
Who is Dr. Lucy Jones?
The musical term for the interval between one A and the next higher or lower A.
What is an octave?
This movable clef is centered on the line indicating middle C and can appear as an alto or tenor clef.
What is the C-clef?
This term refers to a musical phrase that feels incomplete, often ending on a dominant harmony or leading tone, leaving the listener expecting more.
What is an antecedent phrase?
The Moldau, composed by Bedřich Smetana in 1874, is inspired by this river in his homeland.
What is the Vltava River?
The instrument Dr. Lucy Jones used to generate music based on climate data in her composition "In Nomine Terra Calens."
What is the viola da gamba?
The pitch produced by a string that vibrates at 440 Hz is known as this.
What is A440?
The faint frequencies accompanying the fundamental pitch are called this.
What are overtones or partials?
This form involves the repetition of a musical idea, but with enough changes to create both continuity and contrast.
What is variation?
This 1999 ballet score by Philip Glass pays tribute to the Amazon River.
What is Águas da Amazônia?
The year Dr. Lucy Jones's composition "In Nomine Terra Calens" spans in temperature data.
What is 1880–2017?
On a keyboard, these keys are arranged in alternating groups of two and three.
What are the black keys?
The distance between the first and fifth notes of a scale is called this.
What is a dominant interval?
This term describes a point of rest in music, often analogous to a comma or period in language.
What is a cadence?
In 1939, Xian Xinghai composed this vocal work, later revised into a piano concerto in 1969.
What is the Yellow River Cantata?
This interdisciplinary artist founded the ClimateMusic Project in 2014.
Who is Stephan Crawford?
This term describes the smallest interval in Western music, equivalent to the distance between two adjacent keys on a keyboard.
What is a half step?
These pitches, such as E♭ and D♯, have different names but sound the same.
What are enharmonic pitches?
A set of phrases that form a complete melody and play a prominent role in a larger piece of music is called this.
What is a theme?
This river, with its two major tributaries, the Ohio and Missouri Rivers, has been featured in numerous musical works.
What is the Mississippi River?
The first composition performed by the ClimateMusic Project, tracking climate system variations from 1800–2250.
What is Climate by Erik Ian Walker?