Reading Quiz 4 Flashcards
What is harmony
The sounding at the same time of different pitches in groupings called chords
A chord that sounds stable and that offers a feeling of resolution can be described as
Consonant
A chord that sounds unstable or tense can be described as
Dissonant
What is musical texture?
The way different melodic lines and sounds interact or blend with one another.
Music that has one main melody accompanied by other, less prominent sounds is
Homophonic
Music that consists of a single melody without any accompanying sounds
Monophonic
Music that has two or more melodies that are played sumultaneously and that are of approximately equal interest is
Polyphonic
Contrapuntal is a term that is often used to describe
Polyphony
When melodies sounding together are the same or fairly similar, with one starting shortly after another, the result is
Imitative polyphony
What is tonality?
The sense of focusing around a single “home” pitch that feels more important than all the other pitches of a scale.
Music based on the C-C pattern of whole and half steps is in the major mode; Musi based on A-A pattern is the
Minor Mode
If music is said to be “in the key of G major” it means that
The major mode is positioned on G
What is a modulation
A change of key within a piece of music
Standard groupings of simultaneous pitches that work well in combination
Chords
Melody exists in the horizontal dimension from left to right, while
Texture exists in the vertical dimension
