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pitch


tonal center



– musical note, determined by its frequency


– the home pitch of a scale or harmony



scale


melody


motive or phrase

– a collection of pitches, organized around a tonal center or “home”


– a succession of pitches that forms a musical idea; a tune


– short rhythmic or melodic ideas that makes up the larger melody of a musicalperformance

rhythm


beat


tempo


measure

- the organization of the duration of musical sounds


– a regular pulsation either implied or articulated in a musical performance


– the speed of the beat in a music performance


– a unit of time corresponding to a set number of beats



meter


duple meter


triple meter



– the grouping of a specific number of beats


– 2/4 or 4/4 time signature


– 3/4 time signature

timbre


improvisation


instrumentation

– the sound quality of instrument, produced by fundamental pitch and overtones


– the process of creating music as it is performed


– the combination of instruments and/or voices used in a music performance



ornamentation


portamento



– an embellishment of a melody or musical sound


– a continuous progression from one pitch to another, gliding through all the pitchesin between

interval


octave


harmony or chord

–the space between individual pitches


– an interval of two pitches with the same name, but sounding at different frequencies, onehigher than the other


– a blending of three or more different pitches



arpeggio


chord progression



– a chord whose pitches sound in succession rather than simultaneouslychord progression


- chords that make sense with a melody and its tonal center

form


text, lyrics


text setting

– the underlying structure of a musical performance over time


– words written to music


– the number of pitches per syllable of sung text



syllabic text setting


melisma/melismatic


riddim



– one pitch per syllable of sung text3


– more than one pitch per syllable of sung text


- the instrumental “groove” created to accompany reggae songs: includes the repeating rhythmic and melodic patterns of the bass, drum, and other instruments

engine room


pizzicato


clave rhythm


call-and-response

– the percussion section of the steel band


– plucking the strings of a violin (or other bowed instrument) with the finger


– a syncopated rhythmic pattern, played on the claves, in rumba, son, salsa, etc.


– melodic exchange between voices or instruments