Music Flashcards
word “music” is from the Greek word
mousike
mousike means?
“Art of the Muses
Importance of Music
- an integral part of peoples way of life
- puts sounds together in a way that people like
- Most music includes people singing with their voices or playing a musical instrument, such as drums, piano, guitar, and others.
pitches (tones) and their duration are represented by symbols known as
Notes
Role of Music
- fundamental human functions and essential parts of human life
- help us in venting our emotions
- right way of helping our imagination goes to new heights
- touches our soul and enables us to express different moods and emotions
- inspires people and allows us to get in touch with our feelings in a way that is unique
- allows our body and mind to make a break from the monotony of life
- kindle the mind
- bridges gaps between cultures
- shows emotions that are sometimes difficult to articulate
The Elements of Music
- harmony
- key
- melody
- pitch
- rhythm
- tempo
- texture
- timbre
Identify the Elements of Music
- refers to the verticalization of pitch
- often thought as the art of combining pitches into chords
- chords are usually arranged into sentence-like patterns called chord progressions
harmony
Greek word harmonia means?
“joint or agreement
Identify the Elements of Music
- known as tonality
- principle in music composition wherein at the end of the piece there is a feeling of completion by going back to the tonic
key
Identify the Elements of Music
- refers to the tune of a song or piece of music
melody
Greek meloidia, which means?
“singing” or “chanting”
Identify the Elements of Music
- refers to the perceptual property that allows the ordering of sounds on a frequency-related scale either relative lowness or highness
pitch
Identify the Elements of Music
- comes from a Greek word rhythmos, which means “any regular recurring motion
- pattern of the sound in time and beats in music
rhythm
Identify the Elements of Music
- regards to the speed (slow or fast) of a given piece of music
tempo
Identify the Elements of Music
- refers to how the harmonic materials are combined in a composition
- could be monophonic, polyphonic, and homophonic
texture
Identify the Elements of Music
- refers to the quality of the sound (tone) that distinguishes one voice or instrument from another
timbre
Songs with more than one voice to a part
choral works
Essentials in Song writing
- arrangement
- beat and rhythm
- chords (chord pregression
- genre and style
- length
- lyrics
- melody
- song sections
Identify the Essential in Song writing
- reconceptualization of a previously composed work
- includes the order in which the sections of music are placed
- organization of the instrumentation, vocals or other parts of music that make up the song
arrangement
Identify the Essential in Song writing
- the speed (tempo) of the song that drives the listener to feel either fast or slow
- beat that the various instruments such as bass, drum, and guitar have produced
beat and rhythm
Identify the Essential in Song writing
- refers to any harmonic set of pitches used to accompany the melody of the song
- formed when multiple pitches placed together on staff
- comes in different varieties, which includes the augmented chords, major chords, minor chords, diminished chords, seventh chords, and Neapolitan chords
chords (chord pregression
Identify the Essential in Song writing
- such as pop, rock, or country is established by the beat and rhythm of the song
- song branches out such as alternative, hip-hop, punk rock, or alternative type of music
genre and style
Identify the Essential in Song writing
- length of a song is always considered, depending on its use
- can be shorter or longer, but this is the typical length of today’s musical arrangement
length
Identify the Essential in Song writing
- always considered, depending on its use
- determines if duration of song is shorter or longer
length
