Intervals
How melody moves using steps for smaller, or leaps for larger movements.
Phrases
Shorter parts of Melodies
Sequences
Repetition of a melodic pattern at higher or lower pitches
Cadences
The resting place at the end of the phrase
Notating Pitch
Use notes on a staff
Names of Pitches
A, B, C, D, E, F, G plus can have sharp or flat sign
Grand Staff
Combination of Treble and Bass Clefs
Score
Shows entire music for each instrument
Beat
Regular, recurrent pulsation that divides music into equal units
Meter
Organization of beats into regular groups
Accent
How a note played is Stressed or not stressed
Tempo
Speed of the beat
Classification of voices
Women MenSoprano TenorMezzo-Soprano BaritoneAlto Bass
Musical Instruments
Types of intruments; String, Woodwind, Brass, Percussion, Keyboard, and Electronic
Vibration of an Object
Pitch
Highness or Lowness in a sound
Dynamics
Loudness or Softness in music
Tone Color
The quality that distingushes the property of sound
Consonance and Dissonance
Consonance is a stable toneDissonance is an unstable tone
Triad
Consist of three different tones
Major Scale
Involves half steps and whole steps and involves only the white keys of a piano
Minor Scale
Same as the major only that there is a half step between the second and third tones
Key Signature
Sharp and flat signs following the clef at the beginning of the staff
Chromatic Scale
All 12 tones of an Octave
Modulation
A change of one key to another
Monophonic
Just one Sound
Polyphonic
Two or More melodies playing at the same time
Homophonic
One main Meolody followed by chords
Two Part Form
A composition divided into two large sectionsA(statment) B(counterstatement)i.e. A, B, A, B, A, B
Three Part Form
A composition divided into three sectionsA(statement) B (departure) A(return)i.e. A, B, A, A, B, A, A, B, A
A characteristic way of treating the various music elements