Reading: Pitch, Dynamics, and Tone Color Flashcards
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Frequency
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Scientific term for the rate of sound vibration, measured in cycles per second.
2
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Pitch
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The quality go “highness” or “lowness” of sound; also applied to any particular pitch level, such as middle C.
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Dynamics
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The volume of sound, the loudness or softness of a musical passage.
4
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Forte
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Loud.
5
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Piano
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Soft
6
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Mezzo
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Italian for half, halfway, or medium.
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Tone Color
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The sonorous quality of a particular instrument, boise, or combination of instruments or voices.
8
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Timbre
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Another term for tone colour.
9
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Overtones
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In acoustics, a secondary vibration in a sound-producing body, which contributes to tone colour.
10
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Pizzicato
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Playing a stringed instrument that is normally bowed by plucking the strings with the finger.
