Elements Of Music Flashcards

You may prefer our related Brainscape-certified flashcards:
1
Q

What does Pitch mean?

A

Pitch means how high or low a note is.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

What is a tune?

A

A tune is a series of notes,using a number of different pitches.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

What is Tempo?

A

Tempo is the speed or pace of a piece of music

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

What does accelerando mean?

A

It means getting faster

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

What does rallentando mean?

A

It means getting slower.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

What does allegro mean?

A

It means fast tempo.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

What does andante mean?

A

It means moderate tempo.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

What does adagio mean?

A

It means slow tempo.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

What is the dynamics?

A

The dynamics is how loud or soft the music is

YOU HAPPY DYLAN

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

What does crescendo mean?

A

Getting louder

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

What does diminuendo mean?

A

Getting softer.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

What does forte mean?

A

Loud

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

What does piano mean?

A

Soft

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

What does mezzo forte mean?

A

Moderately loud

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

What does mezzo piano mean?

A

Moderately soft

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

What is duration?

A

Duration refers to how long a note sounds

17
Q

What is texture?

A

The texture of a piece refers to how many melodies are heard at once

18
Q

What is a polyphonic texture?

A

It is when lots of instruments are playing different melodies at the same time

19
Q

What is a homophonic texture?

A

It is when there is only one melody with accompaniment

20
Q

What is a monophonic texture?

A

It is when everybody is playing the same melody at the same pitch

21
Q

What is the Timbre?

A

Timbre is like a musical finger-print – it describes the particular sound quality of an instrument/voice

22
Q

What would be struck?

A

Skin,metal,wood

23
Q

What would be blown?

A

Whistle eg flute,recorder-reed-brass

24
Q

What would be bowed?

A

Violin-cello

25
Q

What would be plucked?

A

Guitar-violin/viola/cello

26
Q

What is Tonality?

A

Tonality is the character of a piece of music is related to its key centre

27
Q

What does major sound like?

A

Happy :)

28
Q

What does minor sound like?

A

Sad :(