music test 1

Music test 1

woodwind family

woodwind sounds

brass family

brass sounds

string family

string sounds

percussion family

voice types high to low

soprano, alto, tenor, bass

rhythm

meter

melody

harmony

timbre

texture

form

space & acoustics

echo

long drawn out damping of sound

reflection

reflection of sound played

reverb

short dampening of sound

melody

horizontal linear sequential organisation of pitches

harmony

vertical simultaneous relations of pitch, combining of notes simultaneously to produce chords

timbre

colour of the sound and naming it, dark, soft, warm. close your eyes and think about the feeling ?

rhythm

duration of elements of time in music

tempo

speed at which groupings of elements appear in music, generally consistent

metre

regular, periodic groupings of duration and accents in musical time - named through time signature which tell how many beats occur in each grouping (also called measure)

form

the play of difference and repetition across the total duration of a piece

textures

the ‘voices in a piece and how they relate to each other (harmony or timbre the texture of a piece can change - more than one way of producing contrast)

monophonic

only sounds like a single voice but often sung by many singers

polyphonic

many voices sounding independently, simultaneously

homophonic

one melody is dominant and the others are accompaniment