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| organization of music in time |
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| heartbeat, basic unit of motion in music |
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| rhythmic organization, duple or triple |
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| comprised of notes of different relative duration |
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| symbols indicating duration of notes |
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| branch of science that studies sound |
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| degree of loudness or softness |
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| note that musicians use to tune their instruments (number of cycles per second) |
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| degree of highness or lowness of a sound |
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| distance between those fixed pitches |
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| moving away from the tonic |
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| when a composer moves away from the main key |
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| through placement of a note on a type of graph which is called a staff and has 5 lines |
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| series of pitches in rhythm |
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| distinctive memorable complete satisfying musical line |
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| one or more secondary lines which support the melody |
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| pattern of pitches in a line |
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| smaller sections of melody |
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| resting place at the end of music phrase |
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| manner in which pitches of a melody are sounded |
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| embellishments added to a melody by composer |
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| rapid alternation of two neighboring notes |
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| heard very strongly with melody |
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| less distinctive, sounds like pillars |
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| short idea repeated without change through a composition |
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| result of the number and character of a musical line |
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| single, unaccompanied melody |
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| two or more simultaneous and = important melodic lines |
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| single, primary melody with accompaniment |
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| overall sound of different pitches |
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| shape of a musical composition |
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| same music, different words |
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| verse change, refrain is the same |
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| intro, exposition, development, recapitulation |
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| distinctive sound that different istruments and voices can make |
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| unique sound of instrument or voice |
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| soprano,mezzo soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, bass |
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| degree of loudness or softness in music |
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| gradual increase in loudness |
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| gradual decrease in loudness |
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