Chapters 1-12 Flashcards
contour
how it moves up and down;
range
span of pitches; distance between the lowest and highest notes; narrow, medium and wide
conjuct
melody that moves in small connected intervals
disjunct
moves in leaps; larger disconnected intervals
phrase
unit that make up a melody or musical sentence
cadence
phrases that end in resting places
rhyme scheme
poetic phrases; a-b-a-b
countermelody
melody may be accompanied by a secondary melody
rhythm
what moves music forward in time, length or duration of notes
beat
basic unit of rhythm, a regular pulse that divides time into equal segments
accent
beats that are stronger
simple meters
duple, triple and quadruple
compound meters
divide each beat into 3 rather than 2
syncopation
accent shifted to a weak beat or an off beat
additive meters
patterns built from combos
nonmetric
obscured pulse, music without a strong sense of beat
harmony
describes the vertical aspects of music; how notes sound together
chord
simultaneous sounding of 3 or more pitches
scale
sequence of pitches
octave
interval spanning 8 notes; do re mi fa sol la ti do
triad
3 alternate pitches of a scale; 3 note cord; 1-3-5
tonic
central pitch around which a melody and its harmonies are built; 1st note of scale
major tonality
happy
minor tonality
sad
diatonic
scale of 7 whole and half steps
chromatic
scale made up of all 12 half steps
dissonance
created by an unstable combo of pitches
consonance
occurs with a resolution of dissonance producing a stable or restful sound
drone
1 or 2 notes in bass; no chord; dronedronedrone
melody
a line or tune in music; a succession of single pitches that we perceive as a recognizable whole
pentatonic scale
five note scale, black keys on piano
