Terms Lists Unit 1

Question 1

Melody

Answer 1

a line or tune in music

Question 2

Phrase

Answer 2

Unit thats makes up a melody

Question 3

Conjunct

Answer 3

Melody that moves in small connected intervals

Question 4

Disjunct

Answer 4

moves by leaping

Question 5

Interval

Answer 5

Distance between two picks

Question 6

CHAPTER 2
Rhythm

Answer 6

What moves music forward in time

Question 7

meter and 3 kinds?

Answer 7

organizes beats
duple, triple, and quadruple
each beat it divided into two beats

Question 8

non-metric meter

Answer 8

without an identifiable meter or clear beat

Question 9

chapter 3
harmony

Answer 9

vertical aspect of music

Question 10

major scale

Answer 10

sounds bright and happy beat

Question 11

minor scale

Answer 11

dark somber sad

Question 12

DISSONANCE

Answer 12

unstable or discordant combinations of music

Question 13

consonance

Answer 13

producing stable sounds

Question 14

Octave

Answer 14

span of eight notes of the scale

Question 15

sharp

Answer 15

raises a pitch by half stop (#)

Question 16

flat

Answer 16

lowers a pitch by half step (b)

Question 17

Chapter 5
texture

Answer 17

interweaving of melodic lines with harmony
(layers in music)

Question 18

polyphony

Answer 18

two or more voices

Question 19

monophony

Answer 19

single voice

Question 20

homophony

Answer 20

when one melodic voice is prominent over accompanying lines or voices

Question 21

chapter 6
form

Answer 21

organizing principle in music

Question 22

binary form

Answer 22

two parts A-B
B sounds different

Question 23

ternary form

Answer 23

three parts A-B-A
both are structures in music

Question 24

movements

Answer 24

large scale compositions sections

Question 25

ostinato

Answer 25

repetition of short melodic rhythmic

Question 26

sequence

Answer 26

motive repeated at different pitches

Question 27

Chapter 7
tempo

Answer 27

rate of speed for music

Question 28

dynamics

Answer 28

volume for music

Question 29

pianissimo

Answer 29

very soft
(pp)

Question 30

fortissimo

Answer 30

very loud
(ff)

Question 31

mezzo piano

Answer 31

moderately soft (mp)

Question 32

mezzo forte

Answer 32

moderately loud (mf)

Question 33

forte

Answer 33

loud (f)

Question 34

piano

Answer 34

soft (p)

Question 35

crescendo

Answer 35

growing louder (<)

Question 36

decrescendo

Answer 36

growing softer (>)

Question 37

Chapter 8
secular

Answer 37

non-religious music

Question 38

sacred

Answer 38

religious music

Question 39

vernacular

Answer 39

language of the people

Question 40

word painting

Answer 40

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Question 41

chapter 9
soprano

Answer 41

women higher voices

Question 42

alto

Answer 42

women lower voices

Question 43

tenor

Answer 43

men higher voices

Question 44

bass

Answer 44

men lower voices

Question 45

aerophones

Answer 45

needs air to create sounds
( flutes horns )

Question 46

chordophones

Answer 46

has strings ( guitars violens )

Question 47

idiophones

Answer 47

strike hit/shake ( cymbals bells)

Question 48

membranophones

Answer 48

drums

Question 49

chapter 10
Strings Ex.

Answer 49

guitar, harp, and banjo

Question 50

woodwinds Ex.

Answer 50

flutes, clarinet, saxophone
aerophones

Question 51

Brass Ex.

Answer 51

Trumpet, french horn, and tuba

Question 52

Percussion

Answer 52

cymbals, and triangle

Question 53

Chapter 11
a cappella

Answer 53

voice only no instruments

Question 54

Chamber Music

Answer 54

music for small groups

Question 55

conductor

Answer 55

keep everyone together ( speed, tempo, and rehearsal )

Question 56

Chapter 12
Genre

Answer 56

categories of music

Question 57

oral transmission

Answer 57

music that is not written down ( copied or heard it )