Chapter 3 Melody and Harmony Flashcards
Pitch (frequency)
refers to the highness or lowness of a sound, It results of the number of vibrations made by the sound making instrument, or humann. vocal cords. The greater the number of vibration the higher the sound.
staff
an organization of five lines which notations are placed to indicate timing and ranf of the music. It always consists of five lines and four spaces between the line.
clef (treble, bass)
is french for key, meaing the key to the staff, setting the general level of pitch for the five lines.
sharp/flat
a sharp raises the pithc one half- step (#)
a flat lowers the pitch one half-step
melody
a series of putches that forms a cohesive entity
tune/theme
tune is a less formal term, the implicaiton of being that a tune is less serious and complex than a melody or theme.
The theme idenitified an instrumental melody that plays an important role in a musicla worl.
phrases and cadences
A cadence is a two chord progession that occurs at the end of a phrase. Cadence is a melodic or harmonic formula that gives a sense of phrase ending, refers to a beat or tempo
conjunct/disjunct
a conjunct motion produces a smooth vocal line, which makes up of most vocal melodies. Disjunct motion is more difficult to sing
octave
an interval whose higher note has a sound wave frequency of vibration twice that of its lower note
scale
any graduated sequence of notes, tones, or intervales diving which is an octave.
major/minor
a major chord contain the 1st, 3rd, and 5th notes on the major scale. A minor chord contains the 1st flattened (lowered) 3rd, and 5th note of the major scale that it’s named for.
canon/round
A canon is a piece of voice (or instrumental parts) that sing or play the same music starting at different time. A round is a type of canon, but in a round each voice when it finishes can start at the beginning agaon so that the piece can go round and round.
counterpoint
a way to combine melodies by designing two different and distinctive lines of music to be performed at the same time.
chord
is any harmonic set of pitches/frequencies consisting of multiple notes
tonality (tonal center)
melodies and harmonies have a tone and are in a key. The complete relaxtion and stability as the target of the music towards which other tones lead.
