Sound

Question 1

Pitch

Answer 1

how high or low a sound is

Question 2

Dynamics

Answer 2

how loud or soft a sound is

Question 3

Interval

Answer 3

Distance in pitch between any two tones

Question 4

Pitch range

Answer 4

The distance between lowest and highest tones

Question 5

Seven tones

Answer 5

Do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, to, do

Question 6

Piano range

Answer 6

Over 7 octaves

Question 7

Average untrained range

Answer 7

1.5 octaves

Question 8

Accent

Answer 8

Emphasizing a tone

Question 9

Tone

Answer 9

Sound that has a definite pitch - regular, meet the ear at regular intervals

Question 10

Indefinite pitch

Answer 10

Produced by irregular vibrations

Question 11

Very soft

Answer 11

Pianissimo (pp)

Question 12

Soft

Answer 12

Piano (p)

Question 13

Moderately soft

Answer 13

Mezzo piano (mp)

Question 14

Mezzo forte

Answer 14

Moderately loud

Question 15

Loud

Answer 15

forte (f)

Question 16

Fortissimo

Answer 16

very loud (ff)

Question 17

Gradually softer

Answer 17

Decrescendo, diminuendo

Question 18

Crescendo

Answer 18

Gradually louder

Question 19

Timbre

Answer 19

Tone colour - quality that distinguishes music

Question 20

Timbre terms

Answer 20

Bright, dark, brilliant, mellow, rich

Question 21

Rhythm

Answer 21

Ordered flow of music through time; patterned durations of sounds and silences

Question 22

Beat

Answer 22

Regular, recurrent pulsation that divides music into equal units of time

Question 23

Downbeat

Answer 23

First or stressed beat of the measure

Question 24

Syncopation

Answer 24

When an offbeat note is accented

Question 25

Tempo

Answer 25

Speed of the beat, basic pace of the music

Question 26

Allegretto

Answer 26

Tempo indication: moderately fast

Question 27

Allegro

Answer 27

Tempo indication: fast

Question 28

Tempo indication: very fast

Answer 28

Presto

Question 29

Tempo indication: moderately slow, walking pace

Answer 29

Andante

Question 30

Adagio

Answer 30

Tempo indication for slow

Question 31

Gradual quickening of tempo

Answer 31

Accelerando

Question 32

Gradual slowing of tempo

Answer 32

Ritardando

Question 33

Allegro molto

Answer 33

Very fast

Question 34

Melody

Answer 34

A series of single notes that add up to a recognisable whole

Question 35

Step

Answer 35

The interval between two adjacent tones in the doremifasollatido scale (from do to re, re to mi)

Question 36

Leap

Answer 36

Any interval in the scale larger than a step. doremifasollatido (do to mi)

Question 37

Range

Answer 37

Distance between lowest and highest tones

Question 38

Climax

Answer 38

Emotional focal point

Question 39

Legato

Answer 39

Melody played in a smooth and connected style

Question 40

Staccato

Answer 40

Melody played in a short, detached manne r

Question 41

Phrase

Answer 41

Musical segment that can be sung in one breath, ends at the point of full or partial rest

Question 42

Cadence

Answer 42

Resting place at the end of a phrase, point of arrival

Question 43

use of lowercase letters in representing piece sections

Answer 43

used to represent phrases and other relatively short segments

Question 44

Use of uppercase letters to represent sections of a piece

Answer 44

Used for longer sections

Question 45

aa

Answer 45

If two sections repeat each other

Question 46

a, b

Answer 46

If two sections differ significantly

Question 47

a a`

Answer 47

Use prime part if a section is a varied repetition of a previous section

Question 48

Main melody

Answer 48

(A)

Question 49

Contrasting melody

Answer 49

Bridge (B)

Question 50

Popular song form

Answer 50

A A B A

Question 51

Sequence

Answer 51

Repetition of a melodic pattern on a higher or lower pitch

Question 52

Expresses the meaning and emotion of the words

Answer 52

Melody

Question 53

Word painting

Answer 53

Musical representation of specific posting images

Question 54

Harmony

Answer 54

The way chords are constructed and how they follow reach other

Question 55

Adding support, depth, richness to the melody

Answer 55

Harmonizing

Question 56

Chord

Answer 56

A combination of three or more times sounded at once

Question 57

Melody

Answer 57

Series of individual tones heard one after another

Question 58

Progression

Answer 58

Series of chords

Question 59

Consonance

Answer 59

Stable tone combination - points of arrival, rest, resolution

Question 60

Dissonance

Answer 60

Tone combination that is unstable

Question 61

Triad

Answer 61

Three-tone chord

Question 62

Tonic chord

Answer 62

Triad built on the first, tonic, note of the scale

Question 63

Subdominant chord

Answer 63

Triad based on fourth note of the scale

Question 64

Dominant chord

Answer 64

Built on fifth note of the scale