• Shuffle
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Alphabetize
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Front First
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Both Sides
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Read
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
Reading...
Front

Card Range To Study

through

image

Play button

image

Play button

image

Progress

1/23

Click to flip

Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;

Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;

H to show hint;

A reads text to speech;

23 Cards in this Set

  • Front
  • Back
harmony
Melody + Accompaniment
key
a group of notes based on a particular note and comprising a scale; regarded as forming the tonal basis of a piece or passage of music
scale
group of notes arranged in ascending or descending order.
major/minor
two main types of keys- each have a distinctive character or mood
chromatic scale
series of half steps from tonic to octave higher or lower.
pentatonic scale
a scale with only five notes. Often used in Asian music.
modulation
Changing keys during the course of a composition
chords
three or more notes played together
triad
most common type of chord. Consists of one primary note (the “root”) and a third and fifth above it.
arpeggio
Notes in a chord sounded one after the other
tonic
the first note in a scale that in conventional harmony that provides the keynote of a piece of music.
dominant
a triad built on the fifth note (degree) of the scale
chord progression
movement of harmony from one chord to the next
cadence
stopping point in the music
texture
the way in which musical sounds are combined
monophony
melody with no accompaniment
homophony
melody with accompaniment; melody predominates. Also called song texture.
polyphony
two or more distinct musical lines played at once
counterpoint
Musical lines are particularly clear and stay independent more or less throughout the piece or section of the piece
round
a special kind of counterpoint in which one line of music is sung at staggered intervals to produce interweaving lines
form
the structural organization of a piece of music
genre
a class or category of artistic work
musical style
the way in which the elements of music are used to create music