MUSC 1100 TEST ONE

Music

Organized Sound. It is purposeful organization of the quality, pitch, duration, and intensity of sound

Musician

All who experience music as a practice

Program Music

Instrumental selection associated with a story or other extramusical idea

Absolute Music

Music with no prescribed story or text

Passive listening

Hearing without an intention to experience what one is hearing

Active listening

listening with a purpose

Timbre

French word describing the unique quality of an instrument’s sound

Homogenous Ensemble Sound

Instruments with similar timbres

Heterogenous Ensemble Sound

Instruments with different timbres

Rhythm

Organization of time in music. Is the element of music that has to do with the duration of sonic events in time- any succession of durations

Polyrhythm

A musical texture of multiple rhythmic patterns performed simultaneously

Interlocking Parts

Texture of one musical part subdivided among several musicians; in a polyrhythmic texture, coordination among multiple musical parts

Ostinato

Is a Constantly recurring melodic, rhythmic, or harmonic motive

Tempo

Speed in Music, how fast or slow a music goes

Dynamics

The volume of music, the intensity of a musical event

Pitch

The Quality of highness or lowness of sound

Vocables

Song-text syllables that are not linguistically meaningful

Powwow

Native American social gathering that features ceremonies, celebrations, and dance competitions

Ballad

In folk music terminology, a narrative song

Genre

Types/categories of music characterized by similarities