Terms, Tune Names, Album Names, etc. Flashcards
Syncopation
Music is accented either before or after a beat
Blues
A simple, funky style of black music separate from but coexistent with jazz
Scat Singing
Jazz improvisation using the human voice as an instrument, with nonsense syllables instead of words
Ride Rhythm
A time-keeping rhythm by the ride cymbal.
Mute
An attachment that reduces an instrument’s loudness and alters its tone color
Ragtime
A kind of written piano music that first appeared in the 1890’s
Timbre
Term that describes tone quality or tone color
Tone Color
The spectrum of frequencies generated by each instrument in its own unique way
Stop Time
When the band stops playing for a soloist, also called a break.
Tonality
A particular kind of sound and structure given by the relationship of the notes of the major scale in a song
Harmony
Motion
4/4
4 beats per measure, quarter note gets the beat
Tempo
The speed or pace at which the piece is played
Measure
A group of beats
Scale
A range of notes in ascending or descending order that lead to a basic tonality and are the basis for all music.
Chord Changes
A change from chord to chord in a chord progression
Meter
The type of grouping of beats
Beat
A unit of pulse
Rhythm
The arrangement of sounds in time. It encompasses beat, tempo, and meter.
Downbeat
the name of the number
Polyrhythm
Many rhythms
Upbeat
The word “and” in between the downbeats
Half Step
Very small intervals on the chromatic scale
Mode
Describes a sequence of acoustic relationships
Octave
The relationship between the bottom “do” and the top “do,” the first and eighth steps of the scale
Blues Notes
Any pitch that is not completely a half step below another
Chord
Three or more notes played simultaneously
Creoles of Color
French immigrants from Canada that settled in New Orleans
Chorus
Structure of the entire song
Call and Response
A continued repeated sound with a response sound
