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
Identify the Essential in Song writing
- describes a concept of a theme which rhymes in the sections of music
- term comes from the Greek word lyrikos means “singing to the lyre.”
lyrics
Identify the Essential in Song writing
- harmony of the song that you play or sing
- main line of music you’re making and the basis of the song
melody
Identify the Essential in Song writing
- Songs are divided up into sections or components such as intro, verse, chorus, bridge, lead breaks, etc.
song sections
different music genres
- classical music
- folk music
- funk
- hip-hop music
- jazz
- opera music
- rock music
- Techno music
- Trance music
Identify the different music genres
- sophisticated form of composition as it requires skills like learning the ability to coordinate with others musicians
- example: Beethoven – Für Elise, Mozart – Eine kleine Nachtmusik
classical music
Identify the different music genres
- reflects the emotions of common people
- sub genres include cultural and popular music
folk music
Identify the different music genres
- known in the late 1960s
- made rhythm the most important element while de-emphasizing melody
- example: super freak by Rick James
funk
Identify the different music genres
- includes the use of an instrument such as bass, drums, guitar, piano, violin, and fiddle
- bass is the main instrument
- used in different intensities to emote feelings of anger or pride
hip-hop music
Identify the different music genres
- Complex and strong beats
- main instruments used for this type of music are a cornet, trumpet, or violin
jazz
Identify the different music genres
- has a fantastic combination of theatrical art and musical invention
- played explicitly in big audiences
- example: La traviata by Giuseppe Verdi
opera music
Identify the different music genres
- requires the vocals to be accompanied by bass, drums, and guitar
- has several sub-genres, such as hard rock, metal rock, and progressive rock
rock music
Identify the different music genres
- known as fusion type of music
- form of electronic dance-music based on African-American music styles like electro jazz and funk.
Techno music
Identify the different music genres
- usually performed in clubhouses
- characterized by fast tempo and repetitious beats
Trance music
What are musical Instruments?
- tool adapted or created in making musical sounds
- primarily designed to emulate natural sounds for ritual purposes
classification of musical intstruments
- alto instruments
- bass instruments
- baritone instrument
- soprano instruments
- tenor instruments
What are the different alto Instruments?
- alto saxophone
- french horn
- english horn
- viola
Identify the different types of alto Instruments
- member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments invented in 1841 by Adolphe Sax
- type of device mostly used in classical compositions
alto saxophone
Identify the different types of alto Instruments
- brass instrument made about 12-13 feet of tubing wrapped into a coil with a flared bell
french horn
Identify the different types of alto Instruments
- (also known as coranglais)
- double-reed woodwind instrument in the oboe family
english horn
Identify the different types of alto Instruments
- middle voice of the violin family and between the violin and the cello
- bowed string instrument
viola
What are the different Bass Instruments?
- Double bass
- bass guitar
- bass saxophone
- tuba
Identify the different Bass Instruments
- largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in the modern
- symphony orchestra
Double bass
Identify the different Bass Instruments
- stringed instrument with a longer neck and scale length, with four to
eight strings
- played mainly with the fingers or thumb, by picking, plucking, slapping,
popping, tapping, or thumping
bass guitar
Identify the different Bass Instruments
- one of the largest members of the saxophone family of low range
- usually supported on a stand while being played
bass saxophone
Identify the different Bass Instruments
- largest and deep-pitched brass instrument
- produced by vibrating the lips into a sizeable cup-shaped mouthpiece
tuba
baritone instrument
- bassoon
- baritone saxophone
- bass clarinet
- cello (viooncello)
- baritone horn
Identify the Baritone Instruments
- woodwind instrument in the double reed family
- played by pressing the reed between the lips and blow to sound the instrument
bassoon
Identify the Baritone Instruments
- one of largest members of the saxophone family and is the lowest-pitched saxophone
baritone saxophone
Identify the Baritone Instruments
- regularly performed in symphony orchestras, wind ensembles, occasionally in marching bands, and plays an occasional solo role in contemporary music
bass clarinet
Identify the Baritone Instruments
- bowed, and sometimes plucked string instrument
- has a hollow wooden body with two sound holes, and four strings were running along the body and neck
cello (viooncello)
Identify the Baritone Instruments
- wind instrument that consists of a brass tube that is blown using a cup-shaped or pipe-shaped mouthpiece
baritone horn
soprano instruments
- flute
- violin
- soprano saxophone
- trumpet
- clarinet
- oboe
- piccolo
Identify the Soprano Instrument
- wind instrument that produces sound through the flow of air from the hole that has an elaborate set of keys
flute
Identify the Soprano Instrument
- small string instrument
- usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths
violin
Identify the Soprano Instrument
- woodwind instrument used as a solo and chamber instrument in classical music concert band or orchestra
soprano saxophone
Identify the Soprano Instrument
- musical instrument which is usually played by blowing air through closed lips in producing a buzzing sound
trumpet
Identify the Soprano Instrument
- type of woodwind instrument that has a straight cylindrical tube with a flaring bell and a single-reed mouthpiece
clarinet
Identify the Soprano Instrument
- woodwind instrument with a double-reed mouthpiece
- slender tubular body, and holes stopped by keys
oboe
Identify the Soprano Instrument
- high-pitched woodwind instrument used in orchestras and military bands
piccolo
tenor instruments
- trombone
- tenor saxophone
- guitar
Identify the Tenor Instruments
- musical instrument in which the sound is produced when the player’s vibrating lips trigger the air column inside the device to vibrate
trombone
Identify the Tenor Instruments
- medium-sized woodwind instrument that is very prominent in jazz groups and is one of the essential voices of a concert or marching band
tenor saxophone
Identify the Tenor Instruments
- stringed musical instrument with a fretted fingerboard, typically incurved sides, and have six or twelve strings, played by plucking or strumming
guitar
