Instrumentation and Rhythm and Articulation
The name of a small ensemble of four players
What is a “quartet”?
A bright sounding scale made with a WWHWWWH pattern of whole and half steps.
What is a “Major Scale”?
All pitches of a chord separated a little in time.
What is a “Broken Chord”?
Very fast
What is “Presto”?
A sung, staged play accompanied by orchestra
What is “orchestra”?
The smallest interval commonly used in western music.
What is a “Half Step”?/“Semitone”?
All the pitches of a chord played at the same time.
Walking pace
What is “Andante”?
What is “String Quartet”?
A rhythmic dot makes a not 50% longer.
What is a “dot”?
A set of symbols at the start of the written music which shows the key of the music.
What is a “Key Signature”?
A “low, high, middle, high” figuration.
What is ”Alberti Bass”?
Fast
What is “Allegro”?
A multi-movement piece of music for orchestra.
What is “symphony”?
Adding the duration of more than one note together to make a longer pitch.
What is “tie”?
The distance in pitch between two notes.
What is an “Interval”?
Any repetitive pattern applied to successive broken chords.
What is “Figuration”?
Slow and sad
What is “Lento”?
A multi-movement piece of music for solo instruments and orchestra.
What is “Concerto”?
Connect the notes smoothly.
What is “Legato”?
When a major and a minor key have the same key signature, they are related to each other.
What is a “Relative major/minor”?
This is the same texture as in pop music.
What is “Homophonic”?
Slow and calm
What is “Adagio”?
A multi-movement piece of music for solo instruments or solo instruments with piano accompaniment.
What is “Sonata”?