Key Terms

Question 1

Pitch

Answer 1

Relative “highness or lowness” of a sound determined by frequency of vibration

Question 2

Rhythym

Answer 2

How music moves in time; the organization of duration.

Question 3

Melody

Answer 3

Horizontal line o pitches that contains contour.

Question 4

Chord

Answer 4

Pitches sounded simultaneously.

Question 5

Timbre

Answer 5

Unique sound of individual instrument or voice.

Question 6

Texture

Answer 6

Relationship between musical voices.

Question 7

Form

Answer 7

Unfolding of a piece, its narrative eg. A-A-B-A or 12 bar blues

Question 8

Antiphony/antiphonal

Answer 8

Musical texture featuring call and response.

Question 9

Counterpoint

Answer 9

Two or more simultaneous, independent lines of approximately equal importance.

Question 10

Blue note

Answer 10

Pitch purposely lowered a semitone.

Question 11

Break

Answer 11

Section of a piece where all band members other than the soloist stop.

Question 12

Bridge

Answer 12

The B-section in an A-A-B-A or A-B-A

Question 13

Changes/Chord changes

Answer 13

The sequence of chords of a song

Question 14

Chart

Answer 14

Musical score used by jazz musicians.

Question 15

Chorus

Answer 15

A single playing through of the entire structure of a song.

Question 16

Head

Answer 16

The melody or written theme of a piee

Question 17

Horn

Answer 17

Generic term for a musicians instrument.

Question 18

Riff

Answer 18

A short melodic phrase.

Question 19

Vamp

Answer 19

A short chord progression and/or accompaniment figure.