Midterms

Question 1

Voice

Answer 1

A series of sounds from a single source

Question 2

Onset and release

Answer 2

onset: change to a new sound, or from no sound
release: end of a sound

Question 3

Interonset duration

Answer 3

duration between two onsets

Question 4

Durational accent

Answer 4

stress at the onset of a sound that is clearly longer than the preceding sound

Question 5

Segment

Answer 5

A duration composed of shorter durations that has continuity

Question 6

Durational motive

Answer 6

Repetition of the same duration

Question 7

Pulse and beat

Answer 7

Pulse: a beat that you can feel (can be fastest or slowest)
Beat: determined by meter signature

Question 8

Pitch class

Answer 8

A family of octave related pitches

Question 9

Register

Answer 9

Which octave a note is in

Question 10

Syncopation

Answer 10

When more accent is presented on a weaker beat than on the next strong beat

Question 11

Metric accent

Answer 11

The emphasis of the instant when a strong beat is anticipated

Question 12

Rhythmic cadence formula

Answer 12

Pattern that involves meter and rhythm that creates closure for a segment
I.e.: Durationally accented event begins on a strong beat and no new event begins until after the next strong beat

Question 13

Anacrusis

Answer 13

The part of a segment that precedes the first strong beat in the segment

Question 14

Melodic Framework

Answer 14

A series of events that present the focal pitches in a segment (HAS TO BE STEPWISE MOTION)

Question 15

Melodic interval

Answer 15

One note then the other (not blocked)

Question 16

Simultaneity interval

Answer 16

The two pitches at the same time

Question 17

Four common types of scale

Answer 17

WT, chromatic, octatonic, diatonic

Question 18

Pitch motive

Answer 18

A distinctive series of things that are repeated

Question 19

Interval motive

Answer 19

A distinctive repeated series of pitches

Question 20

Transposition

Answer 20

A pitch series that reproduces the interval series but starts on a different pitch

Question 21

Pitch inversion

Answer 21

A pitch series that reproduces the interval series but reverses the direction of every interval

Question 22

Leap accent

Answer 22

The stress heard at the onset of a pitch to which there is a leap, especially large and upward

Question 23

Focal pitch

Answer 23

A pitch that is more important than others in the same segment (i.e. is heard at the beginning or ending, repeated, consonant with other pitches)

Question 24

Passing tone

Answer 24

Connects two other notes that are more focal

Question 25

Neighbour tone

Answer 25

Step away from focal pitch and return to it

Question 26

Tonic

Answer 26

The most focal pitch in a segment

Question 27

Mode

Answer 27

A distinctive series of intervals of the scale that is used in a segment, starting from the tonic

Question 28

Scale degree

Answer 28

Member of the diatonic scale, named by its relation to the tonic

Question 29

Contour

Answer 29

How pitch intensifies and diminishes during a segment

Question 30

Range

Answer 30

The lowest and highest pitches in a segment, ir the interval spanning them

Question 31

Climax

Answer 31

The most intense sound in a segment

Question 32

Melodic cadence formula

Answer 32

RCF + steps to the tonic

Question 33

Phrase

Answer 33

A substantial segment that has closure

Question 34

Sentence

Answer 34

A phrase with at least 8 strong beats organized into three segments with the proportion 2+2+4

Question 35

Tactus

Answer 35

The fastest beat that can be comfortably counted and indicated physically