Final Exam Review

Question 1

Dynamics

Answer 1

One of the musical elements, representing the softs and louds in music. (Ex. p= Piano or soft f= forte or loud.)

Question 2

Tone Color

Answer 2

One of the musical elements meaning the sound source, or what is making the sounds in the music. Also called timber.

Question 3

Form

Answer 3

One of the musical elements. A Specific structure in music such as ABA.

Question 4

Tempo

Answer 4

The speed at which a passage of music is or should be played.

Question 5

Melody

Answer 5

One of the elements of music. The tune of the music.

Question 6

Meter

Answer 6

Grouping of beats in duple (2 beats), triple (3 beats), or quadruple (4 beats) meters; created by an accented first beat.

Question 7

Harmony

Answer 7

Two or more notes sounding together. One of the musical elements. Accompaniments performed on guitar or piano, can create harmony. Voices singing different pitches at the same time can create harmony.

Question 8

Pitch

Answer 8

Indicating the up and down movement of melody. Sometimes listed as an element, sometimes replaces “melody” as an element, especially with modern music which has no real melody, but does have “pitches” that move higher and lower.

Question 9

Texture

Answer 9

The interaction of melodies and harmonies within a song.
Thin texture being music with few differing musical parts and thick texture being music with many differing musical parts.

Question 10

Treble Clef

Answer 10

A symbol indicating that the second line from the bottom of a staff represents the pitch of G above middle C. Also called G clef.

Question 11

Steady Beat

Answer 11

The pulse or “heartbeat” of music. Part of the element rhythm, and is what makes us want to tap our toes to the music.

Question 12

Crescendo

Answer 12

A dynamic marking meaning gradually getting louder.

Question 13

Decrescendo

Answer 13

A dynamic marking meaning to gradually get softer.

Question 14

Rhythm

Answer 14

An element of music, including the pulse or steady beat, rhythm patterns, rhythm of the words of the song, division of the beat, note values.

Question 15

Fermata

Answer 15

An indication to hold or pause on a note or rest in a piece.

Question 16

Soprano

Answer 16

The highest female voice classification. The first voice in four-part harmony.

Question 17

Compose

Answer 17

To create.

To make or form by combining things, parts, or elements

Question 18

Forte

Answer 18

An Italian term meaning loud. Used in music as a dynamic level, marked with an f, to indicate loud.

Question 19

Improvisation

Answer 19

Music that is played without writing it out first. It is a section of original performed music, created during a solo part of a jazz composition. The performer must know much about music theory to do this type of music.

Question 20

Piano (Not the instrument)

Answer 20

An Italian term meaning soft or quiet, and used in music as a dynamic level marked with a p.

Question 21

Rondo

Answer 21

A type of ABACA form. The returning A section occurs 3 or 4 times.

Question 22

Integration with Music

Answer 22

Teaching a subject such as science, math, English, or social studies with music included in the lesson.

Question 23

Repeat Sign

Answer 23

A sign that indicates a section should be played again or repeated.

Question 24

Listening Map

Answer 24

A way of organizing music to help children follow along in a song.

Question 25

Lyrics

Answer 25

The words to a song or musical composition.

Question 26

Music Map

Answer 26

A diagram that students can tap along on to demonstrate steady beat in a song. Similar to a listening map but the song has lyrics.

Question 27

Ostinato

Answer 27

An underlying repeating accompaniment. A short phrase that is rhythmic or melodic is persistently repeated. A boogie-woogie bass is a type of ostinato. Plural is ostinati.

Question 28

Song

Answer 28

A short poem or other set of words set to music or meant to be sung.

Question 29

Piece

Answer 29

A musical work that has been created.

Question 30

Partner Songs

Answer 30

Partner songs are melodies which fit together in such a way that they sound good when performed together. They are melodies performed as independent musical voices. Because two or more melodic voices are performed at the same time, harmony is created.

Question 31

Piggyback Song

Answer 31

A piggyback song involves taking a popular song everyone knows (like Old MacDonald) and changing the words to fit your own content.

Question 32

Asthetic

Answer 32

Musical aesthetics as a whole seeks to understand the perceived properties of music, in particular those properties that lead to experiences of musical value for the listener.

Question 33

TEKS

Answer 33

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills

Question 34

Largo

Answer 34

A very slow tempo. Turtle speed :)

Question 35

Allegro

Answer 35

A quick or lively tempo.

Question 36

Rote Teaching

Answer 36

Rote learning is a memorization technique based on repetition. The idea is that one will be able to quickly recall the meaning of the material the more one repeats it.

Question 37

Audiation

Answer 37

The process of mentally hearing and comprehending music, even when no physical sound is present.