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A single line of notes heard in succession.
Melody
Section of melody.
Phase
Conjunct and disjunct motion.
Melodic Motion
Series of notes available for making music.
Scale
An eight note span. Same note higher and lower.
Octave
The distance between two notes.
Interval
The specific note which the melody is based.
Key
Scale. Example: major and minor.
Mode
How high or low a note is.
Pitch
The ordering of music through time.
Rhythm
The recurring pattern of strong and weak beats and underlying pulse.
Meter
Rhythmic units. Each occurrence of that pattern of meter.
Measure
The sound created by multiple notes played at once.
Harmony
Three or more notes played at the same time.
Chord
Stable chords. Sounding at rest.
Consonance
Unstable chords. Tension. Not at rest.
Dissonance
Primary key center. Not going to end on.
Tonic
Function of the number and the general relationship of musical lines.
Texture
Single melodic lines.
Monophonic
Melody is performed with accompaniment.
Homophonic
Melody performed against another line of equal importance.
Polyphonic.
Character of sound. Color of music.
Timbre
How loud or soft the (sound) music is.
Dynamics
A category of a given work.
Genre
The speed of music.
Tempo
Slow.
Adagio.
Medium speed.
Moderato
Fast.
Allegro
When the pitches belong to a certain scale.
Diatonic
A distinctive fragment of a melody.
Motive
The topic. Subject matter for longer, larger pieces of music.
Theme
Structure of a musical work. The way in which its individual units are put together.
Form
Middle Ages composers
Hildegard and Landini.
Renaissance composers
Josquin, Weelkes, and Byrd.
Who wrote the Play of Virtues?
Hildegard.
Who wrote "He Who Gladly Serves"?
Alfonso el Sabio.
Who wrote "The Cricket"?
Josquin.
Who wrote "Since Robin Hood"?
Thomas Weelkes
Who wrote "Sing Joyfully"?
William Byrd
Characteristics of the Middle Ages.
Passed down orally until notation. Polyphonic. Age of religion/faith.
Music of the church.
Chant
No meter. Modal. Monophonic. Sung in Latin.
Chant
Troubador/trouvere/Minnesinger
People who performed for the court.
Characteristics of Renaissance.
Age of Exploration. Reformation. Humanism. Consonance. Homo-phonic. Word painting.