Music Terminology Part 1 Flashcards
Accent
Emphasis on one pitch or chord
Accelerando
To gradually get faster
Accidental
Sharp, flat or natural sign before a not indicating that the pitch is not to be played as it normally would be in a giving key, but is altered according to the sign
Accompaniment
A musical background for the melody
Adagio
A slow temp, often said to be slower that andante but not as slow as largo
Allegro
Fast tempo
Andante
Moderate tempo
Articulation
In performance, the characteristics of attack and decay of single tones or groups of tones and the means by which these characteristics are produced
Beat
The basic unit of time in music
Binary form
Two part form in which the second part often answers the first
Blue note
Note of the major scale, generally the third or seventh time,played with a slight flatting of the pitch
Blues
Style of American music with origins in rural black folk music. The texts usually express sadness
Cadenza
Elaborate passage for the soloist in a concerto. It is often not written out by the composer left to the performer to create
Chord
There or more tones played, simultaneously
Clef
Sign at the beginning of a staff that indicates the pitches on the lines and spaces
