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21 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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location of a tone in a musical scale
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Pitch
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Made up of 5 lines and 4 spaces
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staff
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combo of 2 staves using the treble and bass clef with middle c located on a ledger lin b/w 2 staves
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Grand staff
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soft
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piano
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Loud
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forte
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gradually getting louder
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Crescendo
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time values of silence between notes
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Rest
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Very slowly
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Lento
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Beats can be ticked off mechanically or electronically
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Metronome
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Made up of a # of beats that occur in patterns of strong and weak
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Meter
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When a tone recieves an accent other than a normal metrical accent
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syncopated
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series of pitches in rythm which becomes a meaningful unit
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Melody
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Smallest identifiable melodic or rhythmic fragment upon which a composer may build a melody
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Motive
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is a melody that serves as a basis for a longer work
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theme
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melodic passages that are repeated 2 or more times at different pitch levels
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Sequences
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the distance from one note to another
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Interval
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Scale built in 1/2 steps
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Chromatic scale
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Basis of harmony begins with 3 tone chords built in 3rds called...
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Triads
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One sound playing at a time
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monophonic
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When 2 or more melodies are sounding at the same time
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polyphonic
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when a melody is accompained by other parts
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Homophonic
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