Pitch, Dynamics, Tone Color
The relative highness or lowness that we hear in a sound;
Pitch
Plucked strings;
Pizzicato
What kind of note is worth 4 beats in 4/4 time?
Whole Note
A set of five horizontal lines;
Staff
A melody which serves as the starting point for an extended piece of music;
Theme
The "distance" between any two notes;
Interval
A throbbing, expressive tone produced by rocking the left hand while pressing the string down;
Vibrato
The organization of beats into regular groups;
Meter
A sign at the beginning of the staff that shows the exact pitch of each line and space;
Clef
Sequence
Degrees of loudness and softness in music;
Dynamics
Rapidly repeating tones by a quick up-and-down stroke of the bow;
Tremolo
A rhythmic group, set off by bar lines, containing a fixed number of beats;
Measure
The two numbers stacked atop each other at the beginning of a piece that indicates how beats will be organized throughout the music;
Time Signature
This sets up expectations;
Incomplete Cadence
The distance between the lowest and highest tones that a voice or instrument can produce;
Pitch Range
Part of the total range of an instrument or voice;
Register
When an accented note comes where we normally would not expect one (off-beat);
Syncopation
A system of writing down music so that specific pitches and rhythms can be communicated;
Notation
This gives an answer;
Complete Cadence
The quality of a tone that distinguishes one voice from another;
Timbre (Tone Color)
What are the four categories for voice?
Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass
The speed of the beat;
Tempo
A combination of the treble and bass staves;
Grand Staff
Smooth, connected style;
Legato