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- What is tone color produced by
- overtones
- background, foreground
- meter is ________ rhythm is ________
- 10
- how many octave segments can the human ear detect
- andante
- on the slow side but not too slow
- presto
- Very fast
- What are the six common tempo indications
- adagio, andante, moderato, allegratto, allegro, presto
- tone color/ timbre
- the sonorous quality of a particular instrument or voice
- What does sfortsando mean?
- its forced
- duration
- length of time which sound is heard
- frequency
- term for rate of sound vibration measured in cycle per second
- chromatic scale
- the 12 pitches represented by the black keys
- partials
- scientific term for overton
- b/c sound producing bodies
- why do overtones exist
- compound meters
- meter in which the mains beats are subdivided into three
- how many cycles can the human ear hear
- 20-20,000
- What is an example of simple meter
- 1,2,3,4 because you feel it in 4 beats
- diatonic scale
- the set of seven pitches represented by white notes on the piano
- allegretto
- on the fast side but not to fast
- crescendo
- etting louder
- give an example of duple meter
- 1,2,1,2,1,2,1,2,1,2
- simple meters
- meter which main beats arent subdivided or are subdivided into two
- what is adagio
- slow
- half step
- also called a semitone, intercal between any two successive notes
- What is another name for tone color
- timbre
- in partials
- how do strings vibrate
- overtones
- secondary vibration in a sound producing body which contributes to tone color: partial
- meter
- A background of stressed and unstressed beats in a simple, regular repeating pattern
- metronome marks
- notation of tempo indicating number of beats per minute ticked out by a metronome
- piu forte
- more
- moderato
- moderate tempo
- length of vibrating elements
- what determines the pitch of sound
- duplication effect of octaves
- what does reinforcement cause?
- what is meant by playing or singing in tune? Do preformers always try to produce exact pitches according to the scale?
- they try to find the right pitch. many singers regularly preform certain notes slightly out of tune for important artistic effects.
- dynamics
- volume of sound, loudness of softness of a musical passage
- tempo
- speed of music
- What does it mean when accents are away from stresses
- syncopation
- What are the six dynamic levels
- pp-very soft, p-soft, mp-medium soft, mf-medium forte, f-loud, ff-very loud
- What are some adjectives to describe tone color
- bright, warm, ring, hollow, brassy
- what is the musical word for suddenly
- supito
- the overtones and the way they vibrate together
- what determines the tone color of a sound
- forte
- loud, very loud
- Describe the effect of accents on a series of beats
- accents enable us to beat time, they add emphasis
- level of strength of sound vibrations
- what is amptitude
- piano
- soft
- mezzo
- italiam for halfway medium
- What is musical time measured in?
- beats
- allegro
- fast
- octave
- interval between a pair of duplicating notes
- syncopation
- accenting of certain beats of the meter that are ordinarily unaccented
- rhythm
- aspect of music having to do with duration of the notes in time
- How do fidderent movements in a symphony name their sections?
- by tempo otherwise it would sound different
- mode
- one of two types of tonality, one of several orientations of the diatonic scale
- meno forte
- less
- Sforzando
- especially strong accented. meaning forced
- scale
- selection of ordered pitches that provides the pitche material for music
- flat
- sign indicating note that is to be played a semitone lower
- sharp
- sign indicating note is to be played semitone higher
- measure
- unit of meter consisting of a principal strong beat and one or more weaker ones
- bar lines
- vertical line through the staffs the mark the measure
- pitch
- quality of highness or lowness of sound
- whole step
- interval equal to two half steps
- dynamics
- music term for the level of strength of sound
- what is the function of rhythm in music
- it is the time aspect, arrangement durations and is the main driving force
- the art of sound and time
- what is music
- what does an accent mark look like
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- beats
- regular pulse underlying music
- interval
- difference between two pitches measured by the number of diatonic scales notes between them