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| musical texture in which a melody is accompanied by chords |
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| a sacred song of praise or thanksgiving to God |
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| instruments that generate sound by being shaken or struck |
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| a restatement of thematic material in close succession in different voice or instrumental lines |
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| music in which each part comes in separately, using the same melodic material |
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| a style in art and music, dominant during the last quarter of the 19th century, that emphasized the impression of an object rather than the object itself; characterized by an interplay of light and color rather than in definite lines |
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| performing music spontaneously rather than reading written music |
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| music intended for performance during a play; such music may set a mood behind dialogue or between scenes |
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| music performed between two entities, such as two acts of a play or opera, two compositions, or two sections of the same composition |
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| the distance between two pitches |
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| a passage of music that introduces a composition |
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| the process of inverting the intervals in a melody; primarily used in theme and variations form and in serial music |
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| the process of inverting the intervals in a melody while simultaneously reversing the intervals in a melody; primarily used in theme and variations form and in serial music |
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| the organization of music around a tonic or keynote |
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| the sharp or flat signs placed on the staff after the clef sign to indicate the key of a composition |
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| the tonic or principal note of a scale |
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| tempo meaning "very slow, broad" |
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| smooth and connected; the opposite of staccato |
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| tempo marking meaning "very slow" |
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| the text of an opera or oratorio |
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| a solo song in which the vocalist and pianist complement each other and are equally important |
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| Italian: in a majestic style |
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| music having C (do) as its tonic |
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| a scale having a certain pattern of half steps and whole steps (WWHWWWH |
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| an accented, separated style of performance |
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| the distance between two bar lines |
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| a vocal passage with several notes sung to one syllable of text |
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| the shape or outline of a melody |
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| the rhythm pattern of a melody and words of a song; different from the pulse |
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| a group of pitches with contour and rhythm; a tune |
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| instruments that generate sound with a vibratin membrane |
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| Italian: with less motion, not as fast |
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| the division of of music based on strong and weak pulses; most commonly divided into groups of twos or threes |
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| a sign, usually at the beginning of a composition, that indicates the meter of a piece; the top number indicates how many pulses are in a measure, the bottom indicates what kind of note receives one pulse, also called TIME SIGNATURE (that's more like it!) |
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| a female singer whose range is between a soprano and alto |
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| the C nearest the middle of the piano keyboard |
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| the acronym for Musical Instrument Digital Interface |
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| a trend in the arts in the 20th century; reduces art to a minimal design or motive |
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| music having A (la) as its tonic |
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