Music Appreciation Vocab

Front 1

3 areas of importance

Back 1

pitch (tone)
dynamics
timbre

Front 2

Music is

Back 2

An assembly of pitches (tones)

Front 3

What instrument has the same pitch as a human?

Back 3

Saxophone

Front 4

Forte / fortissimo

Back 4

loud / very loud

Front 5

Piano / pianissimo

Back 5

soft / very soft

Front 6

What gave the piano its original name?

Back 6

Forte piano because you could control dynamics

Front 7

Mezzo

Back 7

medium

Front 8

crescendo / decrescendo

Back 8

gradually getting louder /
gradually getting softer

Front 9

What is Timbre?

Back 9

How you distinguish between music

Front 10

Chopin

Back 10

famous composer in the piano

Front 11

Composer known for repetition

Back 11

Stravinsky

Front 12

What can heighten the emotional effect of the text?

Back 12

singing

Front 13

Female highest notes / lowest notes

Back 13

Soprano / Alto

Front 14

Male highest notes / lowest notes

Back 14

Tenor / Bass

Front 15

Singing categories are also known as

Back 15

Vocal Ranges

Front 16

Categories of music

Back 16

Stings, Woodwind, Brass, Percussion

Front 17

What do many string instruments use to play?

Back 17

Bow

Front 18

What instrument can only be played sitting down?

Back 18

Cello

Front 19

How many strings does a Harp have?

Back 19

47

Front 20

How many strings does a guitar have?

Back 20

6

Front 21

A way of playing a string instrument by plucking the strings

Back 21

Pizzicato

Front 22

Playing a string instrument with 2 strings at one time for 2 notes

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Double Stop

Front 23

What is Vibrato

Back 23

A throbbing expressive tone instruments can make

Front 24

What is the ancestor of the flute

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Recorder

Front 25

All woodwinds except for the flute and piccolo use these to play

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Reeds and Double Reeds

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These instruments use Single Reeds

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Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Saxophone

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These instruments use Double Reeds

Back 27

Oboe, English Horn, Bassoon, Contrabassoon

Front 28

This instrument is used to tune up the whole orchestra with what note?

Back 28

Oboe, A

Front 29

This instrument has the lowest pitch in the orchestra

Back 29

Contrabassoon

Front 30

Brass instruments blow in a __ and sound comes out of a __.

Back 30

Mouth Piece, Bell

Front 31

Brass Instruments, aside from the trumpet, use these to change sound

Back 31

Valves

Front 32

The Trumpet uses this to change sound

Back 32

Slides

Front 33

Brass players can insert this into the bell of their instrument to change the tone color

Back 33

Mute

Front 34

Indefinite Percussion Instruments

Back 34

Regardless of where you hit it it sounds the same.
Snare drum(side drum), bass drum, tambourine, triangle, cymbals, gong(tam-tam)

Front 35

Definite Percussion Instruments

Back 35

Can change tone depending on where you hit it.
Timpani (kettledrums), glockenspiel, xylophone, celesta, chimes

Front 36

Brass Instruments, aside from the trumpet, use these to change sound

Back 36

Valves

Front 37

the three conducting patterns

Back 37

Duple, Triple, Quadruple

Front 38

The Trumpet uses this to change sound

Back 38

Slides

Front 39

What is the flow of music through time?

Back 39

Rhythm

Front 40

Brass players can insert this into the bell of their instrument to change the tone color

Back 40

Mute

Front 41

What is a regular, recurrent pulsation that divides music into equal units of time?

Back 41

Beat

Front 42

Indefinite Percussion Instruments

Back 42

Regardless of where you hit it it sounds the same.
Snare drum(side drum), bass drum, tambourine, triangle, cymbals, gong(tam-tam)

Front 43

When you emphasize a note by being louder

Back 43

Dynamic accent

Front 44

Definite Percussion Instruments

Back 44

Can change tone depending on where you hit it.
Timpani (kettledrums), glockenspiel, xylophone, celesta, chimes

Front 45

When there is an "offbeat" note this is accented

Back 45

Syncopation

Front 46

the three conducting patterns

Back 46

Duple, Triple, Quadruple

Front 47

What is the flow of music through time?

Back 47

Rhythm

Front 48

What is a regular, recurrent pulsation that divides music into equal units of time?

Back 48

Beat

Front 49

When you emphasize a note by being louder

Back 49

Dynamic accent

Front 50

When there is an "offbeat" note this is accented

Back 50

Syncopation

Front 51

Brass Instruments, aside from the trumpet, use these to change sound

Back 51

Valves

Front 52

The Trumpet uses this to change sound

Back 52

Slides

Front 53

Brass players can insert this into the bell of their instrument to change the tone color

Back 53

Mute

Front 54

Indefinite Percussion Instruments

Back 54

Regardless of where you hit it it sounds the same.
Snare drum(side drum), bass drum, tambourine, triangle, cymbals, gong(tam-tam)

Front 55

Definite Percussion Instruments

Back 55

Can change tone depending on where you hit it.
Timpani (kettledrums), glockenspiel, xylophone, celesta, chimes

Front 56

the three conducting patterns

Back 56

Duple, Triple, Quadruple

Front 57

What is the flow of music through time?

Back 57

Rhythm

Front 58

Brass Instruments, aside from the trumpet, use these to change sound

Back 58

Valves

Front 59

What is a regular, recurrent pulsation that divides music into equal units of time?

Back 59

Beat

Front 60

The Trumpet uses this to change sound

Back 60

Slides

Front 61

When you emphasize a note by being louder

Back 61

Dynamic accent

Front 62

Brass players can insert this into the bell of their instrument to change the tone color

Back 62

Mute

Front 63

Brass Instruments, aside from the trumpet, use these to change sound

Back 63

Valves

Front 64

Indefinite Percussion Instruments

Back 64

Regardless of where you hit it it sounds the same.
Snare drum(side drum), bass drum, tambourine, triangle, cymbals, gong(tam-tam)

Front 65

When there is an "offbeat" note this is accented

Back 65

Syncopation

Front 66

The Trumpet uses this to change sound

Back 66

Slides

Front 67

Definite Percussion Instruments

Back 67

Can change tone depending on where you hit it.
Timpani (kettledrums), glockenspiel, xylophone, celesta, chimes

Front 68

Brass players can insert this into the bell of their instrument to change the tone color

Back 68

Mute

Front 69

Indefinite Percussion Instruments

Back 69

Regardless of where you hit it it sounds the same.
Snare drum(side drum), bass drum, tambourine, triangle, cymbals, gong(tam-tam)

Front 70

the three conducting patterns

Back 70

Duple, Triple, Quadruple

Front 71

Definite Percussion Instruments

Back 71

Can change tone depending on where you hit it.
Timpani (kettledrums), glockenspiel, xylophone, celesta, chimes

Front 72

What is the flow of music through time?

Back 72

Rhythm

Front 73

the three conducting patterns

Back 73

Duple, Triple, Quadruple

Front 74

What is a regular, recurrent pulsation that divides music into equal units of time?

Back 74

Beat

Front 75

What is the flow of music through time?

Back 75

Rhythm

Front 76

When you emphasize a note by being louder

Back 76

Dynamic accent

Front 77

What is a regular, recurrent pulsation that divides music into equal units of time?

Back 77

Beat

Front 78

When there is an "offbeat" note this is accented

Back 78

Syncopation

Front 79

When you emphasize a note by being louder

Back 79

Dynamic accent

Front 80

When there is an "offbeat" note this is accented

Back 80

Syncopation

Front 81

Brass Instruments, aside from the trumpet, use these to change sound

Back 81

Valves

Front 82

The Trumpet uses this to change sound

Back 82

Slides

Front 83

Brass players can insert this into the bell of their instrument to change the tone color

Back 83

Mute

Front 84

Indefinite Percussion Instruments

Back 84

Regardless of where you hit it it sounds the same.
Snare drum(side drum), bass drum, tambourine, triangle, cymbals, gong(tam-tam)

Front 85

Definite Percussion Instruments

Back 85

Can change tone depending on where you hit it.
Timpani (kettledrums), glockenspiel, xylophone, celesta, chimes

Front 86

the three conducting patterns

Back 86

Duple, Triple, Quadruple

Front 87

What is the flow of music through time?

Back 87

Rhythm

Front 88

What is a regular, recurrent pulsation that divides music into equal units of time?

Back 88

Beat

Front 89

When you emphasize a note by being louder

Back 89

Dynamic accent

Front 90

When there is an "offbeat" note this is accented

Back 90

Syncopation

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Slow(flowing) tempo speed

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Adagio

Front 92

Fast tempo speed

Back 92

allegro

Front 93

Moderate tempo speed

Back 93

Moderato

Front 94

Very fast tempo speed

Back 94

Presto

Front 95

Becoming faster

Back 95

Accelerando

Front 96

Becoming slower

Back 96

Retardando

Front 97

Look over notation page

Back 97

Look over notation page

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This is a series of single tones that add up to a recognizable tone, condors up past emotions

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Melody

Front 99

A smooth connecting style of melody

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Legato

Front 100

A short detached manner of melody

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Staccato

Front 101

The shorter parts that make up melodies

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Phases

Front 102

An ending of a phase

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Cadence

Front 103

Set up expectations for more to come

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Incomplete cadence

Front 104

Gives an answer, a sense of finality

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Complete cadence

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The emotional focal point

Back 105

Climax

Front 106

Refers to the way chords are constructed and how they follow each other. Adds depth.

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Harmony

Front 107

A tone combination that is subtle. Points of arrival, rest, and resolution(the end).

Back 107

Consonance

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A tone combination that is unstable.

Back 108

Dissonance

Front 109

Refers to how many different layers of sound are heard at once, to what kind of layers they are (melody or harmony), and to how they are related to each other.

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Musical Texture

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Having one sound, absence of harmony, everything in unison

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Monophonic texture

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Having many sounds, several melodic lines compete for attention. Contains Imitation

Back 111

Polyphonic texture

Front 112

One main melody accompanied by chords, has more harmony

Back 112

Homophonic texture

Front 113

The organization of musical elements in time

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Form

Front 114

Ternary form

Back 114

ABA Form

Front 115

Binary form

Back 115

AB, AABB

Front 116

An artist of extraordinary technical mastery

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Viruoso

Front 117

A leader of a group of musicians who uses a ___.

Back 117

Conductor, Baton

Front 118

Who is the first violinist who sits to the concertmasters immediate left and is responsible for supervising the tuning of the orchestra

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Concertmaster