musicas 🎶 Flashcards
What is the musical alphabet?
A B C D E F G A
What is Solfege
Do, Re, Mi, Fa, So, La, Ti, Do
What is an interval
An interval is the distance between two notes (e.g. 5th or 2nd)
Place the musical alphabet from highest to lowest
A (high), G, F, E, D, C, B, A
Place the solfege from highest to lowest
Do (high), Ti, La, So, Fa, Mi, Re, Do
What is beat?
The underlying pulse of the music.
What is rhythm?
Patterns of long and short sounds and silences found in music.
What is tempo?
The speed of the beat
What is ostinato?
A constantly repeated pattern
What is repetition?
Playing or using the same idea more than one time.
What is an Ensemble?
A group of musicians that play together.
What is a metre in music?
The groupings of the beats.
What is a Bar/Measure in music?
A segment of music that contains a specific number of beats.
What is the Time Signature?
A symbol in music notation is used to show how many beats are in a bar/measure and the length of those beats.
What is a strong beat?
An emphasized beat
What is a weak beat?
A beat with no emphasis.
What is forte?
Strong and loud
What is piano?
Quiet/soft
What is Instrumentation?
The instruments used in a piece of music.
What is the length of a semi-breve?
Length= 4 beats
What is the length of a minim?
Length= 2 beats
What is the length of a crochet?
Length= 1 beat
What is the length of a quaver?
Length= 1/2 beat
What does a
- semi- breve
- crochet
- minim
- quaver
look like?
(search up the answer)
What is melody?
The melody of a piece of music is the main tune you can hear. Often, it is the part of the music you sing if the piece gets stuck in your head.
What is contour?
Contour is the direction that a line takes across your music.
What is range?
vertical distance between the highest and lowest notes in a melody.
