terms Flashcards
Music
is aesthetic communication through the design of sound and silence in time in motion.
A musical tone has four characteristics:
Pitch
Duration
Intensity
Timbre
Pitch
is highness or lowness of sound
directly related to the frequency of vibration.
Duration
is how long in time a tone sounds, whether measured in musical beats or in seconds.
Intensity
is the loudness or softness of a musical tone.
Timbre
is tone color, the distinct quality of the sound of a particular instrument or voice that distinguishes it from others.
A melody i
is a succession of tones with rhythmic and tonal organization; also known as a tune or theme.
A motive
(motif) is a short melodic or rhythmic idea that a composer uses as the basis for a composition.
Harmony
is the sounding of two or more tones at the same time.
interval
An is the sounding of precisely two tones at once.
A chord
is the sounding of three or more tones at the same time, understood as a single harmonic unit.
A chord progression i
s a series of chords moving toward a cadence.
cadence
A is a point of harmonic resolution, when a chord progression reaches a goal chord.
Consonance
is harmony that blends and sounds stable.
Dissonance
is harmony that clashes and sounds unstable.