Music terms & styles of music

Melody, Rhythm, Harmony, Accompanied, A Capella

100

Melody is the second tune of a song. True or False?

False! Melody is the MAIN tune of a song

200

What is Harmony? 

2 or more notes sung at the same time.

300

How long or short the notes are is?...

RHYTHM 

400

 Accompanied is with no instruments.

FALSE Accompanied is when a song in fact has instruments.

500

A Capella is when the song has no instruments, voices alone

True!

Dynamics, Tone Color, Texture, Diction, coda

100

Is tone color a color? True or False

Nope! Tone color is the unique sound of a voice or instrument. 

200

Dynamics Is Dark or Bright, right? 

WRONG! Dynamics is loud or soft.

300

Texture is the layering of parts in music. True or False?

True!

400

Enunciating and pronouncing the words clearly when you sing is...

Diction!

500

What is Coda?

A special ending.

Form, Accelerando, Ritardando, D.S. al Coda, Tempo

100

Ritorando is when a song fastly slows down. 

Wrong! Ritorando is when a song gradually slows down.

200

What's Form?

It's the way the music is organized into sections.

300

Accelerando is when the song gradually speeds up.

YES

400

D.S. al Coda is when you go straight to the coda. 

Wrong! D.S. al Coda is when you Go back to the sign, then go to the coda.

500

The speed of the song is..

TEMPO

Legota, Major Key, Minor Key, Pitch, Crescendo

100

What is Legato

Smooth and Connected! 

200

Minor key is bright sounds. 

Wrong! Minor key is dark sounds.

300

Major key is not bright sounds.

FALSE Major key is in fact bright sounds.

400

Gradually getting louder is...

Crescendo!!

500

Pitch is how slow or fast the the music sounds (related to melody)

NOPE!! Pitch is how high or low the music sounds (related to melody)

Decrescendo, Phrase, Unison, American folk songs, spirituals, musical theater

100

What is unison?

All together without harmony.

200

What's the differences between Phrase and Decrescendo?

They are very different, Decrescendo is gradually getting softer well phrase is a musical sentence. 

300

a song that has dialogue that also tells a story through singing, dancing, and acting is...

Musical Theater.

400

What is a Spiritual?

A song Developed out of slavery era in southern United States and it uses religious words and stories from the Bible.

500

American Folk songs have a easy melody and use instruments such as drums, ukulele, and guitar.  

WRONG! The songs do have a easy melody but the instruments they use are actually: accordion, fiddle, harmonica, and banjo.