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Details Title: Music 102 Quiz 1 Description: Music 102 Quiz 1 Total Flash Cards: 70 Created: 09/15/2006 10:47:44	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term beat Definition even pulse that divides the passing of time into equal segments Term rhythm Definition organization of time in music Term meter Definition gathering of beats into regular groups Term time signature Definition two numbers, one on top of the other, placed at the beginning of music to tell the performer how the beats of the music are to be grouped Term downbeat/pickup Definition first and strongest beat in the measure/second beat is accented Term syncopation Definition accent placed on weak or between beats Term tempo Definition speed at which beats occur Term adagio Definition slow Term andante Definition moving Term allegro Definition moderately fast Term accelerando Definition getting faster Term ritardando Definition getting slower Term rubato Definition robbing, steal additional time by slowing down Term pitch Definition relative position of a musical sound Term octave Definition pitch that sounds like a previous pitch but at a level up Term staff Definition gridwork of lines and spaces Term grand staff Definition combination of clefs to list wide range of instrument Term ledger lines Definition space between two clefs marked temporarily Term clef Definition indicates range of pitch melody is to be played or sung Term bass Definition covers lower range used for lower instruments: trombone, cello, man's voice Term treble Definition covers upper range and is appropriate for high instruments: trumpet, violin Term tonality Definition organization of music around the central tone or tonic Term scale Definition arrangement of pitches that ascends and descends in a fixed and unvarying pattern Term tonic Definition central pitch melodies gravitate around and end Term major Definition succession of whole and half steps that proceeds 1-1-1/2-1-1-1-1/2, happy sounding Term minor Definition goes 1-1/2-1-1-1/2-1-1, sad sounding Term key signature Definition preplaced sharps or flats, show key piece is written, show scale employed Term diatonic Definition written in either major or minor scale using only 7 notes of each Term chromatic Definition all 12 pitches half step apart Term conjunct/disjunct Definition melodies moving in step/out of step Term range Definition [ difference between lowest and highest note covered in piece ] Term melodic shape Definition [ shape of notes on staff ] Term ascending/descend Definition [ upwards/downwards ] Term wave Definition [ balancing notes resembling wave pattern ] Term phrase Definition dependent idea within a melody -one line of music- Term antecedent Definition [ question ] Term consequent Definition [ answer ] Term cadence Definition concluding part of a musical phrase Term triads Definition basic chord in music consists of three pitches arranged in a specific way Term dominant Definition fifth note of scale, wants to return to tonic Term subdominant Definition fourth note of scale, wants to carry forward to dominant Term arpeggio Definition broken traid with notes entering staggered, part of melody harmony or supports it Term modulation Definition change from one key to another Term consonance/diss Definition pitches sounding agreeable and stable/disagreeable and unstable Term timbre Definition tone quality of musical sound Term voice Definition highly expressive because of its range for sound Term soprano/alto Definition higher/lower women's voices Term tenor/bass Definition higher/lower men's voices Term mezzo soprano Definition between soprano/alto Term baritone Definition between tenor/bass Term violin Definition chief string instrument, high range, most similar to human voice Term viola Definition 6 inches longer than violin, lower sound, Term cello Definition low bass, singing melody Term double bass Definition largest lowest sounding string instrument Term pizzicato Definition plukcs strings Term vibrato Definition wobbling hand to mix pitches adding richness Term tremolo Definition rapidly repeating same pitch with quick up and down strokes of the bow Term double stop Definition cut bow certain way to play two notes at one time Term flute Definition rich in lower range, light airy on top Term clarinet Definition single reed, mellower than flute Term oboe Definition double reed, first non string instrument to be added to the orchestra, everyone tunes to it because it's so hard to tune Term bassoon Definition bass Term contrabassoon Definition even lower than bassoon, lowest of all orchestral instruments Term trumpet Definition high, bright, cutting sound Term french horn Definition first brass instrument to join the orchestra, rich, mellow sound, hunting horn Term trombone Definition middle range of brass, large and full, no vents but slide to produce sounds Term tuba Definition largest lowest sounding brass, full, muffled sounds, Term percussion Definition pitched or or unpitched instruments Term timpani Definition drum like in appearance, thunder like in sound Term xylophone Definition wooden bars struck by mallets