Elements Of Music Flashcards
What does Pitch mean?
Pitch means how high or low a note is.
What is a tune?
A tune is a series of notes,using a number of different pitches.
What is Tempo?
Tempo is the speed or pace of a piece of music
What does accelerando mean?
It means getting faster
What does rallentando mean?
It means getting slower.
What does allegro mean?
It means fast tempo.
What does andante mean?
It means moderate tempo.
What does adagio mean?
It means slow tempo.
What is the dynamics?
The dynamics is how loud or soft the music is
YOU HAPPY DYLAN
What does crescendo mean?
Getting louder
What does diminuendo mean?
Getting softer.
What does forte mean?
Loud
What does piano mean?
Soft
What does mezzo forte mean?
Moderately loud
What does mezzo piano mean?
Moderately soft
What is duration?
Duration refers to how long a note sounds
What is texture?
The texture of a piece refers to how many melodies are heard at once
What is a polyphonic texture?
It is when lots of instruments are playing different melodies at the same time
What is a homophonic texture?
It is when there is only one melody with accompaniment
What is a monophonic texture?
It is when everybody is playing the same melody at the same pitch
What is the Timbre?
Timbre is like a musical finger-print – it describes the particular sound quality of an instrument/voice
What would be struck?
Skin,metal,wood
What would be blown?
Whistle eg flute,recorder-reed-brass
What would be bowed?
Violin-cello
What would be plucked?
Guitar-violin/viola/cello
What is Tonality?
Tonality is the character of a piece of music is related to its key centre
What does major sound like?
Happy :)
What does minor sound like?
Sad :(
