Melody
A synonym for frequency.
What is pitch?
Two or more notes played simultaneously, often as major, minor, diminished, or sometimes "power."
What is a chord?
A single melodic line with no accompaniment.
What is monophony?
The consistent, underlying pulse that forms the basic framework of a piece of music
What is a beat?
The combination of sound, place, and discourses.
What is a soundscape?
What is a scale?
A collection of pitches that are often heard optimistically, a stacked major third and minor third.
What is a major chord?
A melodic line with chordal accompaniment.
What is homophony?
The speed of the beats in a musical piece or song.
What is tempo?
The act of studying a musical culture by participant observation, interviews, and close listening.
What is fieldwork or ethnography?
The volume of music.
What are dynamics?
The specific set of notes and chords built around a central pitch called the tonic, which acts as the "home base" of a musical piece.
What is the key?
Multiple different melodic lines simultaneously.
What is heterophony?
Multiple beat pulses and bar cycles felt simultaneously.
What is polyrhythm?
Expectation of realness in musical performance.
What is authenticity?
To the Western ear, these pitches sound out of tune, either flat or sharp.
What is a microtone?
A collection of pitches that are often heard sadly, a stacked minor third and major third.
What is a minor chord?
An umbrella term for textures like homophony or heterophony.
What is polyphony?
The temporary displacement of the regular rhythmic accent by stressing weak beats or off-beats instead of the expected strong beats
What is syncopation?
A useless eurocentric word to categorize non-western music.
What is world music?
The technique of shaping individual notes or passages to affect their connection, duration, and attack
What is articulation?
The moment in music when the key changes.
What is a modulation?
This heard quality allows us to hear the differentiation between instruments playing the same pitch.
What is timbre?
The frequency at which chords change throughout a song.
What is harmonic rhythm?
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