Texture
The layer that, in a typical band, consists of drums and percussion.
What is the Rhythm Layer?
The Italian term for loud.
What is Forte?
The cello belongs to this instrument family.
What is the String Family?
This note has one beat.
What is a Crotchet?
This is a scale on all white keys on the piano and starts on "C".
What is C Major Scale?
This instrument commonly plays the riff of many popular songs.
What is a guitar?
The Italian term for gradually getting softer/quieter.
What is decrescendo/diminuendo?
The maracas belong to this instrument family.
What is the Percussion Family?
This note is a quarter of a beat.
What is a Semiquaver?
This scale is a fan favourite for Violinists and has one sharp.
What is G Major Scale?
An instrument that can provide chords in a piece of music.
What is a Piano (or any other instrument that can play chords like guitar, harp, etc.)?
What is Pianissimo?
These are the two main types of guitars.
What are Acoustic and Electric (will accept Nylon and Steel as well)?
This time signature has three crotchet beats in a bar.
What is Three-Four Time Signature (3/4)?
The relative minor of C Major is ___.
What is A Minor?
This ensemble is featured in Bjork's song "It's Oh So Quiet".
What is a big-band jazz band?
This Italian term means "moderately soft".
What is Mezzo Piano?
This instrument is a very high-pitched woodwind instrument (and is quite short as well).
What is a Piccolo?
The time signature is also called "Simple Quadruple".
What is Four-Four (4/4) Time Signature?
This is a group of harmonies that can repeat throughout a pop song (or set a key for more classical music).
What is a Chord Progression?
The song "Jingle Bell Rock" by Bobby Helms is this texture.
What is homophonic texture?
The first dynamic you hear for Beethoven's 5th symphony.
What is Fortissimo?
This instrument belongs in the percussion family but has many metal bars with a bright and sparkly sound.
What is a glockenspiel (IT'S NOT A XYLOPHONE ARGGGGG)?
This is a common rhythmic pattern in rock music where beats two and four are emphasised.
What is a back-beat?
These are the two types of tonalities that are common in Western Art music.
What is Major and Minor?