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20 Cards in this Set
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What are the 6 concepts of music? |
Duration, Pitch, Tone Colour, Texture, Structure, Dynamics |
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What is duration? |
Refers to rhythms, tempos and time signatures |
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What is tone colour? |
Is the quality of a sound being played |
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What is texture? |
Refers to the interaction of melodies and harmonies within a piece. These parts can be instruments, singers or both. |
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What is pitch? |
Is something that allows us to classify a sound as high or low |
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What is structure? |
How a piece is formed and built up |
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What are dynamics? |
how loud or quiet the music is. In written music dynamics are written in letters to show the dynamic levels |
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What are 4 instruments in the brass family? |
Trumpet, Tuba, Trombone, Horn |
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What are 6 instruments in the woodwind family? |
Flute, Piccolo, Bassoon, Clarinet, Oboe, Saxophone |
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What are 6 instruments in the percussion family? |
Timpani, Bass drum, snare drum, xylophone, cymbals, tambourine |
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What are 5 instruments in the string family? |
Viola, violin, cello, double bass, harp |
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how many beats is a semibreve worth? |
4 beats |
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how many beat is a minim worth? |
2 beats |
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how many beats is a crotchet worth? |
1 beat |
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how many beats is a quaver worth? |
half-a-beat |
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What is tempo? |
The speed of a piece of music (how fast or slow the piece is going) |
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what is a time signature? |
it tells us how many beats there are in each bar |
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what is rhythm? |
the arrangement of sounds as they move through time. |
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What does the top number of the time signature mean? |
The top number of the time signature tells you how many beats to count. |
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What does the bottom number of the time signature mean? |
The bottom number tells you what kind of note to count. |
