Definitions

Question 1

What is time signature?

Answer 1

Time signature tells us how many beats are in a bar and what type of beat in the bar

Question 2

What is a rhythmic ostinato?

Answer 2

A repeated rhythmic pattern in a piece of music

Question 3

What is a melodic ostinato?

Answer 3

A repeated melodic pattern in a piece of music

Question 4

What is pulse?

Answer 4

A steady continuous beat in a piece of music

Question 5

What is rhythm?

Answer 5

Is the pattern of long and short beats in a piece of music

Question 6

What is a score?

Answer 6

A written form of a musical composition

Question 7

What is a graphic score?

Answer 7

Any picture,diagram or symbol that is used to represent music

Question 8

What is improvised?

Answer 8

Refers to something that is made up in the moment by the performer

Question 9

What is a score key?

Answer 9

Gives the preformers instructions related to symbols and notation used in a graphic score

Question 10

What is an ostinato?

Answer 10

A repeated rhythmic/melodic pattern in a piece of music

Question 11

What is pitch?

Answer 11

Is how we describe high or low a note is

Question 12

What is melody?

Answer 12

Is the combination of notes at different pitches and rhythms to create a tune

Question 13

What is a solfa?

Answer 13

Is a way to describe the pitches of notes using syllables