Music 100 set

Melody

main tune (main character) 

pitch

sounds higher or lower → 8 pitches in octave

scales

• musical scale (e,f etc)

Octave

• two pitches (higher lower frequencies of the same note) 

Solfege

 do re mi fa si la te do (syllables in pitch)

keys

• 7/11 notes sound good and make up the scale 

• diatonic

7 pitches make up scale

chromatic/accidentals

rest of the pitches

major

happy

minor

sad

atonal

doesnt have a key center

modal

neither major nor minor

harmony

supporting the main tune (side character)

harmony/ chords (western)

Multiple pitches together

triad

3 notes= most basic chord (basis of western music)

chord progression

Series of chord grouped together (jazz)

homophonic

•  melody is all and everything else is supporting it (singing together the same)

Polyphonic

• multiple musical lines at the same time 

chord

multiple notes played at the same moment

measure

contains a musical box that has a certain number of beats

meter

how many beats go into a measure

duple meter

two beats in a measure

triple meter

3 beats in a measure

most common/common time

4 beats in a measure

tempo

beats per minute

italy

music place from renaissance

allegro

fast

adante

moderate, walking pace

largo

very slow

presto

really fast

phrase

musical sentence thru 4, 8, 16 bars but not always

dynamics

volume of music

forte

loud

mezzo forte

med loud

piano

soft

mezzo piano

med soft

pianissimo

very soft

fortissimo

very loud

troubadors

poets or musicians from occitan (southern France) 1100-1350 secular song

madrigals

secular song but accapella began in italy 1520 moved to england in late 1500s always had multiple singers

lied

german word for song (voice and piano)

franz schubert

austrain composer set model for lieder (1st professional songwriter)

opera

you sing the drama rather than speak it

soprano

highest vocal range of human

alto

lowest voice of female singer

tenor

highest male voice

baritone

common male voice ex. frank sinatra

bass voice

lowest vocal range of all

castrato

pre-pubescent boy singers would get castrated to keep the high pitched voice started in mid 16th centruy fella outta fashion in late 1770’s

show boat

first racially integrated broadway show

aria

one singer showing off in opera

satb

soprano-alto-tenor-bass

melisma

multiple musical pitches played for one syllable (i will always love you)

syllabic

one pitch for every syllable

tuvan throat singing

sing 2 pitches at the same time

beatboxing

came in ealry 80s in NYC was to replace the beatbox