1
2
3
4
5
100

cohesive thoughts 

phrases 

100

melody and harmony 

homophony 

100

the way music moves through time 

rhythm 

100

a steady pulse 

beat 

100

separates measures 

bar lines 

200

harmony sounding tense or unresolved 

dissonant 

200

musical punctuation 

cadences 

200

the layers of sound and how they interact 

texture 

200

sound in organized time 

music 

200

three or more pitches sounding simultaneously 

chord

300

keys sounding light and happy 

major

300

flats and sharps 

accidentals

300

keys which sound more ominous 

minor 

300

beats are grouped into this 

measures 

300

beats arranged in groups of four 

quadruple meter 

400

meters with irregular beat 

irregular meter

400

beats arranged in groups of two 

duple meter 

400

multiple meters sounding simultaneously 

ploymeter 

400

music can grow louder 

crescendo 

400

softer music 

decrescendo or diminedo 

500

chords and melodies that occur naturally within a given key 

diatonic

500

beats arranged in groups of three 

triple meter 

500

the larger structure of music 

form 

500
different versions of the same melody sounding simultaneously but not exactly lined up 

heterophony 

500

a succession of pitches arranged in a particular ascending or descending order, they are built using a series of whole steps and half steps 

scales