Chapter 1 - Music Fundamentals

Question 1

Disjunct motion

Answer 1

a melody with wide leaps and rapid changes in direction

Question 2

Harmony

Answer 2

way a melody is accompanied - multiple notes played or sung simultaneously - vertical stacking of pitches

Question 3

Consonant

Answer 3

term used to describe intervals and chords that tend to sound sweet and pleasing to our ears; needs no resolution

Question 4

Dissonant

Answer 4

intervals and chords that tend to sound harsh to our ears; creates tension and instability

Question 5

Dynamics

Answer 5

the loud and soft of it - variation in the volume of musical sound

Question 6

Timbre

Answer 6

the color of music - the character of the sound

Question 7

Conjunct motion

Answer 7

a melody that moves mostly by step, in a smooth manner

Question 8

Interval

Answer 8

distance between two pitches

Question 9

Phrase

Answer 9

like a clause in a sentence

Question 10

Cadence

Answer 10

point of arrival - like a period in a sentence

Question 11

Tempo

Answer 11

speed at which a work of music is performed