music

Pitch

The ears perception of frequency: the faster the frequency, the higher the pitch

Melody

A series of pitches sounded sequentially

Harmony

The aspect of music concerning simultaneous combinations of pitches

Rhythm

The arrangement of musical sounds in time

Tone

A single musical sound

Note

The written symbol for a tone

Volume

A sound’s quality of being loud or soft, resulting from the amplitude of the sound waves

Location

a sounds placement in space in relation to the listener

Amplitude

A sound waves displacement from a resting place, a measure of the sounds energy or volume

Dynamics

The aspect of music having to do with volume

Piano

Italian term for soft (Dynamic)

Forte

Italian term for loud (dynamics)

Crescendo

gradual shift from soft to loud

Diminuendo (decrescendo)

gradual shift from loud to soft

Compressor

a device that flattens the dynamic range of recorded music by boosting the volume of soft sounds lowering the volume of loud sounds or both.

Compression

The absence of wide differences in volume

Reverberation (reverb)

The prolongation of sound as it reflects off nearby surfaces

Echo

the distinct repetition of a sound as it bounces back from a distant surface such as a mountianside

Position

whether the sound is coming from in front or behind, left or right

Antiphonal

groups of musicians in two or more lofts would play both separately and together ( conversation)