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Music Appreciation

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Messo Saprano
women
concertmaster
principal first violinists
consanance
tone stable
staff
set of five horizontal lines
triad
basic chord
def
placed at beginning of staff to show pitch of each line and space
sharp
# raised half step
broken chord
individul tone of a chord are sounded one after another
keynote
central tone
interval
distance between pitch is called:
rhythem
flow of the music through time
chromatic scale
all white and black keys
major key
key based on major scale
unison
same pitch more than one sound
syncopation
accented where we would not expect
triple stop
rotating bow rapidly across 3 stings or four strings
style
chracteristic of using melody, rhythm,tone, color, dynamics, harmony, texture, and form.
complete cadence
gives answer
tenor
men
sound
begins with vibration of an object
note
an oval
tonic key
main key
notation
system of writing music
double stop
Two notes played at once
virtuoso
artist with extraordinary techniques
tone color
propery of music (timbre)
legato
connected style
climax
highest tone of a melody
Saprano
women
string intruments
violen,viola,doublebass
beat
regular recurrent pulsation
theme
melody used as basis for a musical compostition
tone
sound that has a definate pitch
musical texture
layer of sound heard at once
contrast
provide variety/conflict
polyphonic texture
many sound
inprovisation
music created at same time performed
bass
men
phrase
melody made up of shorter parts
tremolo
repeats tone by quick up-down and -down up strokes of the bow.
mute
the musicain can muffle tone by fitting clamp onto bridge
variation
caried repetitions of the theme
natural
no sharps of flats
pitch
the relative highness or lowness of a sound
incomplete cadence
set expectation
three-part form
ABA statement, contrast ,return
Two part form
AB statement conterstatement
cadence
resting place at the end of a phrase
Theme
melody serve as the starting point for a more extended piece of muscian and streaching out, will go through all kinds of changes
baritone
men
minor step
half of a whole step
accent
when tone is emphazied by playing it more loudly thatn the tones around it
dubbing
recording made available note possible in live performance
key
central scale and chord
chord
combination of three or more tones
major scale
do-re-mi-fa-sol-la-ti-do
key signature
indicate key of piece
repetition
sense of unity
minor key
key based on minor scale
modulation
shifting from one key to another
half step
smallest interval
Keyboard instruments
piano,harpsichord,pipe organ, accordian
form
organized of musical elements
tempo
speed of the beat
woodwind instruments
piccolo, flute, oboe, eniglish horn, clarinet, bass claarinet, bassoon, contrabassoon, recorder, reed, single-reedsaxophne,double reed winds
octave
tone separted by interval
staccato
short detached
Pizzicato
pluck string
progression
specific series
performer
person who plays musical composition
cadence
progression frame dimination to tonic
brass instruments
trumpet, french horn,trombone, tuba,cornet,baritone horn, euphonium
monophonic texture
having one sound
dissonance
tone unstable
ledger line
pitch falls above or below
tempo indication
word describe tempo
precussion intruments
timpani, glockenspeil,xylophone,celesta,chimes,snare drum,bass drum,tambourine,triangle,symbals,gong
Vibrato
Produce throbbing exoresice tone by rocking the left hand while pressing the string down.
imitation
melodic idea presented by one voice
leap
larger steps
tonic chord
main chord of a piece
harmony
way chords are constucted
upbeat
unaccented pulse preceding the downbeat
range
distance between the lowest and highest tome that a voice or an instumnet can produce
meter
organization of beats into regular groups
downbeat
first or stressed beat
Melody
series of single times
embellishment
offered variety sense of individualism
accents
empasized note
dynamics
Degree of loudness or softness
scale
basic pitch of a piece of music highest to lowest
variation
keeping some elements of musical thought
homophonic texture
one main melody accompanied by chords
sequence
when repeated in different pitch
counterpoint
combining several melodic lines
measure
group containing a fixed number of beats
alto
women
flat
b lowered half step
bow
slightly curved stick strung tightly with horsehair.
resolution
when dissonance to consanace
Harmonics
very high pitch like a whistle's are produced when musician lightly touches certain points on the strings
dominant chord
triad build on the fifth note

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