Music Trimester 1 Flashcards
sound:
caused by something vibrating
harmony:
2+ pitches together
volume:
the loud/softness of a sound
rhythm:
organization of time
duration:
how long a sound lasts for
timbre:
tone/quality of a sound
melody:
a series of single rhythmic pitches of different durations
form:
how music is organized
music:
when sound is organized
what does a stem look like?
a simple line
what does a note head look like?
the little idle or colored in part of a note
what does a flag look like?
a small flag on the end of a note
a composer leads a ____
band
_____ of a note on a staff controls pitch
location
_____ of note on a staff controls duration
type
dissonant:
not pleasing
consonant:
pleasing
stems make a note…
shorter
a filled in note is…
shorter
what we use to organize notes and rests
a staff
rhythm staff:
a staff for instruments without pitch
measure:
a group of beats broken down
bar line:
what breaks up measures
double bar line:
used to mark keysig or timesig changes
final bar line:
used to mark the end of music
repeat sign:
used to tell a replay in a song
single repeat:
used to repeat, both parts are identical
this repeat has 2 different endings:
multiple ending repeat
this is a coda symbol:
crosshair aim thingy
del segno symbol:
s with percent thingy
D.C. tells..
to return to the beginning of the song
D.S. tells..
to go back to the Del Segno
final bar line:
another word for end
coda section:
used to repeat after a large repeat
examples of slow tempos:
largo, adagio
examples of medium tempos:
andante
example of fast tempos:
presto, allegro
ritardando:
slowing down
accelerando:
speeding up
Note Tree:
1 whole notes = 2 half notes/4 whole/8 quarters/16 sixteenth
3
4
here’s an example of a time signature. what does the 3 and 4 mean?
3: 3 notes in a measure
4: quarter notes get the beat
f means:
forte
pp means:
pianissimo
mp means:
mezzo-piano
sfz means:
sforzando
decrescendo looks like:
>
crescendo looks like:
adding a ‘’.’ to a note adds ___ of the beat
1/2
in 4, _ beats are in a measure
4
4
in 44, what note is one beat?
quarter
an eighth note in 44 would be ___ worth
1/2
in 6, what do the 6 and 8 mean?
8
6: the number of beats in a meaure
8: that eighth notes get the beat
what type of meter is 3, 2 and 4 ?
4 2 4
simple
what type of meter is 6, 1 2, and 3 ?
8 8 8
compound
‘C’ means what time sig? (list meter)
4 (simple)
4
list the complex meters:
5 7
4 8
when labeling counts, how do you label rests?
parentheses
how do you label eighth notes?
1+ (*)