Elements Of Music Flashcards
What is does pitch mean?
how high or low a note is.
What does tempo mean?
What is the speed or pace of a piece of music.
What does accelerando mean?
Getting faster.
What does rallentando mean?
Getting slower.
What is it called when there is a fast tempo?
Allegro
What is it called when there is a slow tempo?
Adagio
What is it called when there is a moderate tempo?
Andante
What does dynamics mean?
The volume of the music -how loud or quiet the music is
What is it called when the music gets louder?
Crescendo
What is it called when the music gets quieter?
Diminuendo.
Loud music is called ..?
Forte
Soft music is called …?
Piano
Moderately loud music is called ..?
Mezzo forte
Moderately soft music is called ..?
Mezzo piano
What does duration mean?
How long or short a note sounds
What does texture mean?
How simple or complicated (complex) it is
What are two examples for a texture that is simple?
(homophonic or monophonic)
What is one example if the texture is complex?
x (polyphonic)
What does timbre mean ?
it describes the particular sound quality of an instrument/voice.
What does tonality mean?
It is the character of the piece - major=happy
minor=sad
