Study Flashcards
Rhythm
flow of music through time
beat
repeating pulse
meter
grouping of beats
accent
tone played louder than tones near it
syncopation
emphasis on unexpected be or note
tempo
The speed of the beat
Pitch
highness or lowness of a sound
Dynamics
relative loudness of a sound
Tone color
Quality/adjective description of a sound
accent
emphasis placed on a beach/note
crescendo
ascending tones
string instruments
sound produced by vibrating a tight cable
woodwinds
we’re wood and now metal and plastic
brass
orchestrate brasses brasses
Percussion
sound produced by striking shaking or rubbing instruments
keyboard instruments
use keyboard to control capable of several notes at once
Harmony
how cords are constructed and how they follow each other
consonance
stable and restful sounds
dissonance
unstable intense sounds
repetition
restating musical ideas
contrast
avoiding monotony with new ideas
variation
reworking ideas to keep them new
Mozart
grew up a child genius died at 35 famous for classical music symphonies/operas
Beethoven
most famous classical composer Symphony No. 9
Stravinsky in the right of spring
1913 about a pagan ritual very off and intense themes also with ballet
duke Ellington
piano band leader 1930s
Miles Davis
Jazz trumpet player 1950s
Billie holiday
Woman jazz singer lower voice
Big band and swing music
up-tempo jazz
Elvis Presley
grew up poor king of rock ‘n’ roll overdosed at 70
The British invasion
Time when mini British rock bands became popular in the Americas in 1950
The Beatles
most influential and best selling rock band of all time
Woodstock music festival
1969 in New York counterculture in hippies
Counterculture
baby boomers who rebelled against the conformist 50s culture hippies
Progressive rock
Music with Harkins back to classical music longer songs in more keyboard
albums
A collection of songs tied together released at once
