Music Flashcards
Musical Texture
The layer of sounds and their roles: melodic, Heromonic, and Soundeffect
Strophic form
Songs that repeat the same basic multi-phrase unit throughout are in strophic form
Ostinato
In music, an ostinato is a motif or phrase that persistently repeats in the same musical voice, frequently in the same pitch
Structure and form
Structure, or Form, in music refers to the arrangement and order of the parts or sections of the music.
Note Values
The value of the beats the notes contain. Semibreve 4 Beats
Minum 2 Beats
Crotchet 1 Beats
Quaver 1/2 Beats
SemiQuaver 1/4 Beats
Demisemiquaver 1/8 Beat
Time signatures
where at the top of the bars it says 4/4 or 2/2 any others. Those are the time signatures
Note Groupings
notes with smaller values are often “grouped” into beats CORRESPONDING to the time signature.
Treble Clef Notes
The notes on the lines of treble clef are: E – G – B – D – F.
Skips
Skip over only 1 note up or down
Steps
the distance between notes of different pitches
Tempo
the speed at which a passage of music is or should be played.
Leaps
ANYTHING Bigger than a skit
Key Signatures
The key signature, is the arrangement of sharp or flat signs on particular lines and spaces of a musical staff to indicate that the corresponding notes.
Melody Contour
The shape and sequence of movements of a melodic line
Triads-Minor and Majors
Three notes stacked in consecutive thirds.
Unity and contrast
The identical rhythm and nearly-identical pitch relationships of the sequence establish unity, while the sequence’s different pitch level (a step lower for all notes) creates contrast.
Musical phrases
Unit of musical meter that has a complete musical sense
