Exam 1 Flashcards
What is timbre?
The tone color
What is the pitch
The highness or lowness of sound
What us melody
The tune or line in the music (the part you hum)
What is the interval
Distance between two pitches, space between two notes
What is the range
pam of pitches such as high or low pitches
What is the beat
The steady and pulse
Rhythm
what makes music move like the flow
Meter
quad 4 beats triple- 3 beats
rhythmic pattern
Syncopation
Takes a normal beat and emphasizes it
What is harmony
More than one note sounding simultaneously. The vertical aspects of music; how notes (pitches) sound together
Chords
simultaneous sounding of three or more pitches
Scale
Sequence of pitches or notes
Triad
three alternating pitches of a scale
Dissonance
created by an unstable or discordant, combination of pitches
Consonance
n agreeable sounding combination of notes that provides a sense of relaxation & fulfillment’
Tonic
is the central pitch around which a melody and its harmonies are built; the name of the scale, basenote
Modulation
gradually changing the pitches likely going to back to the og piece; within in the piece
Transposition
changing keys into a new piece of music; before it play or after
Monophonic
only one melodic line - by itself
Homophonic
Texture in which all voices move together, the same words melody supported by chords
Polyphonic
when two or more melodic line are moving combined - more than one line going on
Strophic form
same thing over and over, same notes, good ex. Mary had a little lamb
Binary form
when an a and b section are different like verse and chorus
Ternanry form
a and b and goes back to a but not b
Through composed form
change it as you go, they are all different;
Improvisation
make it up as you go on, make up on the spot
Ostinato
musical figure that repeats over and over again
Movement
very long work empath its broken its movements, they can short or long, usually related to musical idea or subject matter, usually start slower and then finish with faster
Piano
P -soft
Messo
M -medium
Forte
F -loud
Pianissimo
More thane one pp -very soft
Fortissimo
More than ff -very loud
Crescendo
Gets louder
Decrescendo
Gets softer >
Tempo
Speed of the beat
Adagio
In slow tempo
Andante
Walking peace
Allegro
Fast quick and bright
Presto
Very fast
Accelerando
Gradually play fatser
Ritardando
Gradually slow down
Sacred music
Muisc intended for worship
Secular music
Muisc not tended for worship
Syllabuc
One note per syballe
Melismatic
take one syllable and add extra syllables or notes
Neumatic
add one syllable
Word painting
Text of a song says something and the music reflects that; making the music matches the lyrics of a song
