Elements of music

Dynamics determine the _______ which music is played

Volume

A place in the melody where a musician will most likely pause for breath is at the

cadence

Independent parts of a large scale work (a symphony, for example) are called

movements

Homophony is

a texture based on harmony

A phrase and cadence in music can be likened to a

sentence and period

A round is based on the principle of ____ where each voice enters in succession with the same melody

imitation

A chord that sounds stable or restful is called

consonant

Play music in two simultaneous rhythms is known as a polyrhythm true or false

True

____ is created when the regular accent is shifted to a weak beat or an offbeat

Syncopation

The first accented beat of each metric pattern is known as

downbeat

A texture in which two or more different melodic lines are combined is called

polyphonic

An accident beat followed by two week beats indicates a ____ meter

triple

Most children songs have an ___range

narrow

The distance between the highest and lowest pitches in a melodic line is its

range

Pitch is determined by

the length or size of a vibrating object

Tempo and dynamic markings are usually given in

Italian

In quadruple meter, the second – largest accent is typically on which beat

third

Which statement is true about diatonic music?

In diatonic music, both the melody in the harmony are firmly rooted in the key

Melody

is a musical line, or tune

All music has a strong, discernable beat true or false

False

A collection of pictures arranged sequentially in ascending in descending order, constitutes a

Scale

The key of piece is determined

by the composer

In musical form, ____ fixes the material in the listeners mine and satisfies the need for the familiar

repetition

____ is the principle of organization around central tone

tonality

The contour of the opening phrase of joy to the world is

descending

When a melody begins before a downbeat is set to begin on an

upbeat

Which is true of strophic form?

the same melody is repeated with each stand of text

Which dynamic marking indicates to the performer to play gradually louder

crescendo

The interweaving of melody and harmony produces ____ in music

texture

Which term indicates that a work should be performed very loudly?

fortissimo

The most common type of chord in western music is the

triad

Which form features a statement of idea, a contrasting idea, and then a repetition of the first idea

ternary

_______ describes the melody without any harmonic accompaniment or other melodic client lines

Monophony

The basic unit of rhythm is the

beat

A scale is comprised entirely of half steps is called a ____ scale

Chromatic

Moving from one center to another within a composition is called

modulation

The number of beats a measured determines the

meter

Harmony describes the ____ aspects of music

Vertical

A fragment of a theme that forms the melancholic – rhythmic unit is called a

motive

If the music is gradually speeding up the term used to describe this is

acclereando