Music 1010 Term 1 Test

Melody

A line or tune in music, a concept that is shared by most cultures

Contour

How the melody moves up and down

Interval

distance between any two pitches in the melody

Conjuct

melody moves in steps

Disjuct

Melody moves in skips all over the place large intervals

phrase

Units that makeup a melody

Countermelody

a secondary melody

Cadences

phrases that end in resting places that create a sense of closure in music.

Rhythm

What moves music forward in time

Meter

Organizes beats in music

Measures

begin with a strong downbeat

Simple Meters

Duple, Triple, and quadruple

Compound meters

subdivide each beat into three rather than two subbeats Examples include 6/8, 9/8, and 12/8 time signatures.

Rythmic complexities

occur with upbeats, offbeats, syncopation, and polyrhythm

Syncopation

deliberate upsetting of the normal pattern of accentuation

Harmony

Simultaneous events in music

Chord

simultaneous sounding of three or more pitches

Triad

The most common chord in western music, has three notes built on alternate pitches of a scale

Tonic

central tone around whihc a melody and its harmonies are built

Dissonance

unstable or discordant harmony

Consonance

resolution of dissonance producing a concordant sound.

Drone

Single sustained tone