Test 1 Flashcards
Vibration
How Perceivable sound is produce
Interval
Distance between two pitches
Octave
8 notes apart on piano
Scale
A row of pitches
Diatonic scale
7 pitches scale (e.g. White notes on piano)
Chromatic scale
All 12 pitches on piano keyboard
Three Fundamental blocks of music
Rhythm melody harmony
Rhythm
Organization of time
Beat
Regular pulse divide passing time into equal units
Quarter note
= 1beat. basic duration of music. Normally the quarter note moves along at roughly the rate of the average person’s heartbeat
Meter
Recurring pattern of beats
拍子
Duple meter
Triple meter
Quadruple meter
Measure
小节
A group of beats
One unit of meter
Duple meter
One accented beat,
Followed by one unaccented beat
Triple meter
One accented beat,
Followed by two unaccented beats
Simple meter
Meters that main beats are not subdivided, or subdivided by two
Compound meter
Meters that main beats are subdivided into threes
Downbeat
The first beat
Up beat
The beat signaled by a upward motion
Pickup
An upbeat at the very beginning
Accent
Musical emphasis
Syncopation
Syncopation place the accent either on a weak beat of between the beats
Tempo
The speed at which the beats progressed
Adagio
Slowly, at ease
Grave
Largo
Very slow
Lento
Slow
Andante
Moderate
Moderato
Moderate
Allegretto
Fast
Allegro
Fast
Vivace
Very fast
Presto
Very fast
Prestissimo
As fast as possible
Accelerando
Faster
Ritardando
Slowing down
