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Details Title The World of Music, David Willoughby Description ch. 2 vocab Total Cards 54 Subject Music Created 02/04/2011

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Term 12-bar blues p. 32	Definition form of music derived from a style of american folk songs (the blues); now used in jazz and popular music
Term 32-bar song form p. 31	Definition form found in most styles derived from wester european music, such as religious, folk, jazz, and popular
Term accent p. 29	Definition stress of emphasis on a particular tone
Term acoustics p. 20	Definition science of sound; physical basis of music. includes frequency, range, echo, graphic equalizers, and signal-to-noise ratios.
Term aesthetic p. 22	Definition study of emotional and expressive aspects of music.
Term cadence p. 32	Definition point of response at the ending of a musical phrase
Term chord p. 28	Definition 3 or more simultaneous sounds
Term clustering p. 27	Definition groups of frequencies (high/low)
Term consonance p. 31	Definition A relatively stable, comfortable sound that seems to be at rest in contrast with a dissonant, restless sound
Term contour p. 27	Definition shape of a melody (smooth-small intervals, jagged-wide skips)
Term contrast p. 30	Definition departure from what has already been presented; achieved through different tonality, rhythm, melody, tempo, dynamic leve, articulation, or mood
Term dissonance p. 31	Definition active, unstable sound; type of tension
Term downbeats p. 29	Definition first beat of each measure in western notated music
Term duple meter p. 28	Definition rhythmic pattern where alternate beats are stressed (strong-weak-strong-weak)
Term duration p. 26	Definition length of time a pitch sounds
Term dynamics p. 29	Definition level of loudness
Term form p. 27/31	Definition shape/structure of a piece of music
Term forward energy p. 30	Definition tendency to have momentum; to move from one point to the next, such a from the beginning of a phrase to its conclusion
Term genre p. 31	Definition type/category of music. eg., symphony, hymn, song, march, opera
Term improvised p. 23	Definition simutaneously created/performed/listened to by performer
Term instability p. 31	Definition elements of contrast that set up returns to passages that have stability
Term interval p. 28	Definition 2 simultaneous sounds
Term loudness p. 26	Definition degree of intensity/energy producing sound
Term meter p. 28	Definition organization of rhythm into a pattern of strong and weak beats
Term mixed meter p. 28	Definition combos of duple and triple meter
Term modulation p. 31	Definition change of key
Term motive p. 32	Definition smallest group of notes gaving an identifiable character; can be melodic, harmonic, or rhythmic
Term nonmetric p. 28	Definition no ryhthmic pattern can be perceived in a piece of music
Term notation p. 23/28	Definition use of written/printed symbols to represent muscial sounds; performer reads and interprests creator's symbols
Term perceptive listening p. 25	Definition listening attentively to understand musical processes/structure that give it its characteristic qualities
Term pitch p. 26	Definition high/lowness of a tone produced by a single frequency
Term pulse p. 28	Definition steady beat
Term range p. 27	Definition (pitch)
Term register p. 27	Definition (pitch) melody consists of sounds perceived as regusters - high/med./low (sop./alto/tenor/bass)
Term repetition p. 30	Definition return to previously stated material; may be slightly modified but contains same basic characteristics
Term resolution p. 30	Definition release of tension
Term rhythm p. 28	Definition created by variety of changes in the duration of pitches
Term scales p. 27	Definition ascending/descending series of organized pitches
Term score p. 23	Definition printed version of a piece of music
Term stability p. 31	Definition elements are more famiiar, comfortable and satisfying
Term syncopation p. 29	Definition occurance of accents in unexpected places, usually on weak beats or on weak parts of beats
Term tempo p. 28	Definition rate of speed
Term tension p. 30	Definition A perception of instability in traditional Western music, often marked by increased harmonic or rhythmic changes, rise in pitch or dynamic level.
Term texture p. 27/31	Definition density of sound; number of simutaneously sounding lines (can be full & thick or thin & transparent)
Term theme p. 27	Definition musical thought
Term timbre p. 29	Definition characteristic quality of the sound of a voice or instrument
Term tonality p. 27	Definition "home tone" eg., key of F
Term tone quality p. 26	Definition (tambre) characteristic quality of a voice/instrument
Term triple meter p. 28	Definition rhythmic pattern where the first of every 3 beats is stressed (strong-weak-weak)
Term unity (aka return) p. 30	Definition music that doesn't ramble and is cohesive, whth an exact or modified repitition of themes and patterns
Term variety (aka departure) p. 30	Definition musical theme that is different from what has already been presented (a point of contrast)
Term verse-chorus p. 31	Definition form found in american popular songs and religious music; text varies in each verse repition, chorus is repeated after each return
Term vertical organization p. 28	Definition pitches which are heard simultaneous
Term white sound/white noise p. 27	Definition entire range of frequencies sounding at once

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