Musical Elements

Question 1

Rhythm and metre

What is a beat?

Answer 1

A steady and regular pulse heard in music.

Question 2

Rhythm and metre

What is rhythm?

Answer 2

•Rhythm is the actual flow of the music through time. •It is usually built upon the beat

Question 3

Tempo

What does allegro mean?

Answer 3

Relatively fast tempo

Question 4

Tempo

What does accelerando mean?

Answer 4

Getting faster

Question 5

Tempo

What does andante mean?

Answer 5

Walking pace

Question 6

Tempo

What does adagio mean?

Answer 6

A slow tempo or slower than andante

Question 7

Tempo

What does moderato mean?

Answer 7

A moderate tempo

Question 8

Tempo

What does largo mean?

Answer 8

Slow

Question 9

What is tempo?

Answer 9

The speed of a piece of music

Question 10

What is dynamics?

Answer 10

The volume of the piece.

Question 11

What does pp mean in dynamics?

Answer 11

Pianissimo

Question 12

What is the music symbol for piano?

Answer 12

P

Question 13

What is the musical symbol for mezzo piano

Answer 13

mp

Question 14

What does mf mean?

Answer 14

Mezzo forte

Question 15

What does f mean

Answer 15

Forte

Question 16

What does ff mean?

Answer 16

Fortissimo

Question 17

What is the symbol for crescendo?

Answer 17

Cresc

Question 18

What does dim mean?

Answer 18

Diminuendo

Question 19

What is melody?

Answer 19

The main tune heard in a song

Question 20

What is articulation?

Answer 20

How the notes are performed: short, sharp, smoothly, accented

Question 21

What is the term for something that is louder than the rest of a piece?

Answer 21

Accented or Sforzando

Question 22

What is harmony and tonality?

Answer 22

Chords, chord progressions, key signatures

Question 23

When describing harmony there are three main sets of opposites to keep in mind.

What is the opposite of consonant and what are their definitions?

Answer 23

Consonant - notes fit together nicely

Dissonant - clashy (dissonance)

Question 24

What is the definition of chromatic and what is its opposite and the definition?

Answer 24

Chromatic is any notes - like in a horror movie - in C major with lots of black notes

Diatonic is notes from a scale - like a nursery rhyme - in C major JUST white notes

Question 25

What is minor and what is the definition of its opposite?

Answer 25

Minor is sad like a funeral march (minor chords, notes) Major is happy like happy birthday (major chords, notes)

Question 26

What is a triad?

Answer 26

A group of three notes grouped with a specific construction or relationship.

Question 27

What is texture?

Answer 27

The different lines or layers in a piece

Question 28

What does monophonic mean?

Answer 28

An unaccompanied melody

Question 29

What does homophonic or chordal mean?

Answer 29

All parts moving together as a chord or melody and chordal accompaniment

Question 30

What does polyphonic mean?

Answer 30

Texture is made up of two or more melodies heard at the same time.

Question 31

What is melody and accompaniment?

Answer 31

A melody like me with an accompaniment

Question 32

Thick and thin can be used to describe...

Answer 32

...textures that are busy with lots going on or textures that are simpler

Question 33

How would you describe something that performs the same melody or note together?

Answer 33

In unison

Question 34

If something is imitative, it is...

Answer 34

...copying a melodic idea e.g. Instruments imitate a melodic idea