ethnomusicology_vocabulary_flipped Flashcards
The tone quality or ‘color’ of a musical sound.
Timbre
A tone’s specific frequency level, measured in Hertz (Hz).
Pitch
The lengths, or durations, of sounds as patterns in time.
Rhythm
The volume of a musical sound.
Dynamics
Instruments that require air to produce sound—namely, flutes, reeds, trumpets, and bellows-driven instruments.
Aerophone
Instruments with strings stretched between two points that produce sound when the strings vibrate.
Chordophone
Instruments that themselves vibrate to produce sound, such as rattles, bells, and various other kinds of percussion.
Idiophone
Instruments that produce sound through the vibration of a stretched membrane, such as drums.
Membranophone
The method by which frequencies are represented and organized in a musical tradition.
Tuning System
A set of pitches arranged in ascending or descending order.
Scale
The distance between two pitches.
Interval
The span of pitches that a voice or instrument can produce.
Range
A sequence of pitches that is perceived as a single, coherent entity.
Melody
The overall shape or outline of a melody.
Melodic Contour
The addition of decorative notes or sounds to a melody.
Ornamentation
