Music midterm

crescendo

a gradual smooth increase in volume

decrescendo

a gradual decrease in volume

staccato

notes that are detached and are shorter/sharper

legato

notes played with no break in between

how are diminuendo and decrescendo different?

both mean to decrease volume but dimiunendo goes to silence

vibrato

a note held steady in pitch with is a slight swing above and below the note

glissando

a sliding up and down from 1 note to the next smoothly

Ternary form

ABA

binary form

AB

5 instrument classifications

idiophones ex: xylophone

Membraneophone ex: bass drum

Chordophone ex:guitar

Aerophones ex: trumpet

Electrophone ex: electric guitar

subjective experience

how you feel about music or how you perceive it

3 fundamental components to sustain rhythm are

pulse, downbeat, pattern

how many 16th notes are in a whole note

16

duple and triple subdivision difference?

each beat is divided into 2 parts for duple and 3 for triple

count in for a 6/8 rhythm

723, 823

banjo originated from ?

west africa

a measure of 6/8 has how many 8th notes

6

What is tonality

the organization of pitches, the organizing the central tones that define the mood of the piece

what is groove

compulsion to move along to music associated with positive feeling

in a 4/4 what is the down beat, the backbeat and the upbeat

downbeat is 2

backbeats are 2 and 4

upbeat is and

consonance

settled and pleasing

dissonance

creates tension and discord to the person listening

3 basic subdivision of rhythmic patterns

single, duple and triple

Sforzando

a strong sudden accent on a note

melodic contour

the overall shape as the melody moves up and down in pitch

what time signature is foundation for european notation

4/4

crate digging came from what genre

hip- hop

rhythmic entrainment is

when your heartbeat synchronizes with the tempo of the music

how

pitch differs from frequency

frequency is the amount of time a sound wavers in the air measures by Hertz

pitch is how high or low a sound is perceived

Our EQ is what?

how can we embody any given musical concept, musical element and or sound through movement and dance?

what are 3 melodic contours

rising, falling, flat

what is harmony?

layering 2 or more notes to create chords with a cohesive sound

what is melody?

a succession of pitches in rhythm

difference between timbre and pitch

pitch is the high or low of note

timbre is what gives the pitch color

ex: the sound note will sound different on a piano than on a violin

appoggiatura

a dissonant note that leans on a harmony note taking part of it’s time value

conjunct melodic motion

proceeds by no more than a step apart

disjunct meldoic motion

proceeds by a leap

what are the 6 dynamic markings

pianissimo (pp) very soft

piano (p)- soft

Mezzo piano(mp)- moderately soft

Mezzo forte (mf)- moderately loud

forte (f)- loud

fortissimo(ff)- very loud

musical preference

a persons subjective liking to a specific genre

The 7 elements of music in order are

rhythm, timbre, pitch, melody, harmony, dynamics, form

breathy, nasal, bright, rich- describe the musical element

timbre

copyright vs publishing rights

copyright- legally protect the creation of the musical work

publishing rights- handle licensing, promotion and protect the publisher of the work

what is crate digging

a hip hop term for when one goes to an record store to look for old records to sample

defintions of the 7 elements of music

1. Rhythm- Patterns and placement of sounds in time

2. Timbre- Instruments and the quality of their sound 

3. Pitch- Perceived High v. Low sounds

4. Melody- A combination of pitches and rhythms over time i.e. a sequence

5. Harmony- A combination of notes played simultaneously 

6. Dynamics- Variation of loudness and softness between notes

7. Form- The structure of the music