Elements
Melody
Rhythm & Harmony
Expressions
Terms
100
The speed of the pulse
What is tempo?
100
Organizes pitches horizontally
What is melody?
100
Four beats per measure, quarter note gets one beat
What is 4/4 time?
100
Very Loud
What is fortissimo (ff)?
100
Group of pitches arranged in order
What is a scale?
200
Musical organizers which give order and structure to music
What are elements?
200
How high or low a particular sound is
What is pitch?
200
Organizes pitches vertically
What is harmony?
200
Gradually get louder
What is crescendo?
200
Where notes are arranged
What is a staff?
300
In music it's similar to a sentence in grammar
What is a phrase?
300
The whole-step/half-step pattern of a major scale
What is WWHWWWH?
300
The melodic rhythm of a song
What is rhythm of the words?
300
A fast tempo
What is allegro?
300
Home tone or tonic
What is the keynote?
400
How individual notes in a song are performed
What is articulation?
400
The sharp or flat signs placed on the staff after the clef sign to indicate the key of the song
What is a key signature?
400
The two most often used chords?
What are the I and V chords?
400
Gradually get slower
What is ritardando?
400
Different names for the same pitch
What is enharmonic?
500
Things that help composers and performers to communicate ideas and emotions through music: dynamics, tempo, and articulation
What are expressive controls?
500
Someone singing alone
What is monophony?
500
The division of music into groups based on strong and weak pulses
What is meter?
500
Heavily accented
What is sforzando?
500
Scale having 5 pitches
What is pentatonic?