musical elements Flashcards
meaning of pitch
the highness or lowness of a soun
which make a higher pitch sound small or large instruments
small
what is tempo
the speed of a peice of musique
what are the italian words for slow and fast tempo
FAST: Allegro, Vivace, Presto
SLOW: Andante, Adagio, Lento
what are the italian words for getting faster and getting slower
Accelerando (accel.) = getting faster
Ritardando (rit.) or
Rallentando (rall.)= getting slower
what is the meaning of dynamics
the volume of a sound or a peice of music
what is the italian name of very loud , loud , quite loud , quite soft , soft , getting louder , getting quitter
VERY LOUD: Fortissimo (ff)
LOUD: Forte (f)
QUITE LOUD: Mezzo Forte (mf)
QUITE SOFT: Mezzo Piano (mp)
SOFT: Piano (p)
VERY SOFT: Pianissimo (pp)
GETTING LOUDER: Crescendo (cresc.)
GETTING SOFTER: Diminuendo (dim.)
meaning of duration
how long a sound is
meaning of texturw
layers of instruements
meaning of timbre or sonority
Describes the unique sound or tone
quality of different instruments
voices or sounds.
meaning of articallation
how indivual notes or sounds are played
meaning of legato and staccto
LEGATO – playing notes in a long, smooth way shown by a SLUR.
STACCATO – playing notes in a short, detached, spiky way shown by a DOT.
meaning of silence
The opposite or absence of sound, no sound. In
music these are RESTS.
what is staff notation
music written on a STAVE (5 lines and spaces)
what is graph notation
music written down using shapes and symbols to represent sounds.
