Chapter 2 Rhythm, Melody, and Harmony.

Question 1

Beat

Answer 1

The Pulse of the Music. A regularly recurring sound that divides passing time into equal units.

Question 2

Tempo

Answer 2

The at which the beat sounds.

60 BPM (1 beat 1 second)

Question 3

Allegro

Answer 3

fast

Question 4

Presto

Answer 4

very fast

Question 5

Lento

Answer 5

slow

Question 6

Grave

Answer 6

Very slow

Question 7

Accelerando

Answer 7

When the tempo speeds up.

Question 8

Ritard

Answer 8

When tempo slows down.

Question 9

Downbeat

Answer 9

The first beat in a musical unit.

Question 10

Accent

Answer 10

Stress

Question 11

Meter

Answer 11

Organizing beats into groups.

Question 12

Measure (Bar)

Answer 12

A group of beats.

Question 13

Duple Meter

Answer 13

“ONE-two”

Question 14

Triple Meter

Answer 14

“ONE-two-three”

Question 15

Rests

Answer 15

Signs to indicate the absence of sound for a length of time.

Question 16

Rhythm

Answer 16

The division of time into compelling patterns of long and short sounds.

Question 17

Meter Signature/Time Signature

Answer 17

Tells the performer how the beats are grouped in a meter.

Question 18

Bar Lines

Answer 18

Vertical lines that divide meters.

Question 19

Syncopation

Answer 19

Places the accent either on a weak beat or between beats. “Off-Beat”

Question 20

Melody

Answer 20

The tune (what we sing along with/like)

Question 21

Pitch

Answer 21

The relative position perceived as high or low, of a sound.

Question 22

Octave

Answer 22

Duplicating pitch (higher or lower)

Question 23

Interval

Answer 23

When a tune moves from one pitch to another. Can be short or long distance.

Question 24

Staff

Answer 24

The grid of lines and spaces notes are represented on.

Question 25

Treble (G) Cleft

Answer 25

Upper range cleft for higher instruments & voice.

Question 26

Bass (F) Cleft

Answer 26

Covers the lower-range instruments & voices.

Question 27

The Great (Grand) Staff

Answer 27

The combination of treble & bass cleft.

Question 28

Scale

Answer 28

A fixed pattern of tones within the octave that ascends & descends

Question 29

Major Scale

Answer 29

Happy, cheerful, uplifting. 1-1-(1/2)-1-1-1-(1/2) WWHWWWH

Question 30

Minor Scale

Answer 30

Somber, Dark, Sinister 1-(1/2)-1-1-(1/2)-1-1 WHWWHWW

Question 31

Mode

Answer 31

affects the mood of the music. (ex. Major & Minor are modes)

Question 32

Chromatic Scale

Answer 32

All 12 pitches.

Question 33

Tonic

Answer 33

The first of the 7 pitches of a scale. (home)

Question 34

Tonality

Answer 34

The organization of music around a central pitch.

Question 35

Key

Answer 35

Can be interchangeable with Tonality (The organization of music around a central pitch)

Question 36

Modulation

Answer 36

To temporarily move the home scale to another, for the sake of variety.

Question 37

Harmony

Answer 37

The sound of one or more pitches that support & enhance a melody. (Almost always, the pitches of the melody will be higher than the harmony)

Question 38

Chords

Answer 38

The building blocks of harmony, 2 or more pitches that sound at the same time.

Question 39

Triad

Answer 39

Chords made of 3 pitches.

Question 40

Chord Progression

Answer 40

Chord changes beneath a melody.

Question 41

Cadence

Answer 41

End of a Chord progression

Question 42

Dominant

Answer 42

A triad built on the 5th degree of a scale. When used at cadence (end of chord progression), it gives a strong feeling of conclusion.

Question 43

Dissonance

Answer 43

Disagreeable & unstable

Question 44

Consonance

Answer 44

Agreeable & stable

Question 45

doo-wop

Answer 45

emerged in the 1950s, from African American churches in Detroit.

Question 46

A cappella

Answer 46

voices only.

Question 47

Ostinato

Answer 47

any element that continually repeats.

Question 48

Cannon

Answer 48

A round where one voice starts & the others duplicate it exactly.