Untitled Flashcards Set

What is a bend in music?

A slight variation in pitch, sliding from one note to another; similar to gliss.

What is a riff?

A short, repeated phrase in music, such as a guitar riff.

What is a drone?

A note held continuously, often in the low register.

What does tacet mean?

An indication instructing performers to be silent.

What is vibrato?

A slight and continuous fluctuation of pitch used by performers to enrich or intensify the sound.

What is the function of a valve in a brass instrument?

A mechanism used to change the length of tubing; the performer presses the valves to activate them.

What is the fretboard?

Same as a fingerboard, but with frets (metal bars stretching horizontally across the fretboard).

What does pizzicato refer to?

Plucked notes; the technique of plucking the strings with the fingers.

What is a walking bass?

A bassline in which one note is played on each beat, typically moving stepwise ascending and descending, common in jazz.

What does rubato mean in music?

The tempo can be flexible, at the discretion of the performer, becoming faster or slower.

What is a beat?

A metrical pulse in music.

What is a note?

A single tone of definite pitch; a notational symbol specifying a pitch of some duration.

What is a musical phrase?

A group of notes forming a distinct unit within a larger section.

What is swing rhythm?

A rhythmic feel in which eighth notes are intentionally played unevenly to create both a feeling of ease and tension.

What is metre in music?

The pattern in which a steady succession of rhythmic pulses is organized.

What is a bar in music?

A unit of musical time consisting of a fixed number of note-values, delineated in music notation with bar lines.

What does accent mean in music?

Emphasis or stress placed on a musical note, chord, or sound, often on the downbeat.

What is an interval?

The distance between two notes.

What is a scale?

A collection of notes arranged in order from lowest to highest or highest to lowest.

What is a chromatic scale?

A scale which uses all 12 notes in the octave, including all natural notes, and sharps/flats.

What is conjunct melodic motion?

Melodic motion primarily proceeding by step, related to scales.

What is disjunct melodic motion?

Melodic motion primarily proceeding by leap, related to chords.

What does learning imply?

The occurrence of some cognitive or psycho-motor shift in the learner.

What does education imply?

The notion of causing worthwhile learning to occur.

What is community music?

An inclusive and participatory musical practice which embraces all types of learning and performing.

What is situated learning?

A theory of learning that centers on unique community relationships and learning contexts.

What is musicking?

To take part in any capacity in a musical performance, whether by performing, listening, rehearsing, composing, or dancing.

What is musical entrainment?

Aligning or integrating bodily features with a recurrent feature in the soundscape, particularly the beat or pulse.

What does agency entail?

A capacity for emotional, embodied, cognitive being.

What is program music?

Music which represents a narrative or other extra musical element.

What is a main title theme?

The music heard during the opening credits and title sequence of visual media.

What is a leitmotif?

A short musical phrase that recurs throughout a work of visual media in connection with specific elements.

What is underscore in music?

Parts of a score which serve as background music to on-screen dialogue and action.

What is source music?

Music that is being played by an on-screen or on-stage source and is heard by the characters in the fictional setting.