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What is the most basic definition of music?
Music is sound organized in time.
What does improvisation refer to in music?
When sounds are generated simultaneously by a performer, it is known as improvisation.
What defines pitch in music?
Pitch is the highness or lowness of a sound.
What are the two types of musical sounds?
Pitched and non-pitched sounds.
What do you call the distance between any two pitches?
Interval.
What is a triad?
A triad is a three-note chord consisting of two intervals of a third.
What is the term for the lowest voice in a series of chords?
Bass line.
What is the key signature?
A set of sharps or flats at the beginning of every staff indicating the key of the music.
What type of musical form is ABA?
Ternary form.
What characterizes diatonic music?
Diatonic music uses pitches from only a single scale.
What is texture in music?
Texture describes the number of things that are going on in a singular piece of music.
What is dynamics in music?
Dynamics refers to the loudness and softness of a sound.
What does the term 'rubato' describe?
Rubato is when the beat speeds up and slows down for expressive effect.
What is a motive in music?
A motive is the smallest identifiable recurring musical idea.
What does 'dissonance' refer to?
Dissonance is the quality of a pitch, interval or chord that makes it seem unstable or tense.
What is 'musique concrète'?
A composition type involving the recording and manipulation of electronically generated sounds and sounds from live instruments.
What does the term 'crescendo' mean?
A gradual increase in dynamics.
What is common-practice tonality?
The system of organizing pitch and harmony that is widely accepted in Western cultures.
What is the tonic pitch?
The tonic pitch is the anchor or resting tone in a key.
What are overtones?
Higher frequencies that are present at faint volumes alongside the fundamental frequency.
What is the fundamental in music?
The fundamental is the lowest A produced by an instrument and is characterized as the loudest and strongest sound.
What is the term for music that is unmetered?
Music with no steady tempo.
