Final Exam Review Flashcards
Dynamics
One of the musical elements, representing the softs and louds in music. (Ex. p= Piano or soft f= forte or loud.)
Tone Color
One of the musical elements meaning the sound source, or what is making the sounds in the music. Also called timber.
Form
One of the musical elements. A Specific structure in music such as ABA.
Tempo
The speed at which a passage of music is or should be played.
Melody
One of the elements of music. The tune of the music.
Meter
Grouping of beats in duple (2 beats), triple (3 beats), or quadruple (4 beats) meters; created by an accented first beat.
Harmony
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.
Pitch
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.
Texture
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.
Treble Clef
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.
Steady Beat
The pulse or “heartbeat” of music. Part of the element rhythm, and is what makes us want to tap our toes to the music.
Crescendo
A dynamic marking meaning gradually getting louder.
Decrescendo
A dynamic marking meaning to gradually get softer.
Rhythm
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.
Fermata
An indication to hold or pause on a note or rest in a piece.
Soprano
The highest female voice classification. The first voice in four-part harmony.
Compose
To create.
To make or form by combining things, parts, or elements
Forte
An Italian term meaning loud. Used in music as a dynamic level, marked with an f, to indicate loud.
Improvisation
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.
Piano (Not the instrument)
An Italian term meaning soft or quiet, and used in music as a dynamic level marked with a p.
Rondo
A type of ABACA form. The returning A section occurs 3 or 4 times.
Integration with Music
Teaching a subject such as science, math, English, or social studies with music included in the lesson.
Repeat Sign
A sign that indicates a section should be played again or repeated.
Listening Map
A way of organizing music to help children follow along in a song.
Lyrics
The words to a song or musical composition.
Music Map
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.
Ostinato
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.
Song
A short poem or other set of words set to music or meant to be sung.
Piece
A musical work that has been created.
Partner Songs
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.
Piggyback Song
A piggyback song involves taking a popular song everyone knows (like Old MacDonald) and changing the words to fit your own content.
Asthetic
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.
TEKS
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills
Largo
A very slow tempo. Turtle speed :)
Allegro
A quick or lively tempo.
Rote Teaching
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.
Audiation
The process of mentally hearing and comprehending music, even when no physical sound is present.
