Art of Listening Test #1
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Pitch | Highness or lowness of a sound |
| Dynamic Level | Level of volume |
| Register | A particular range of pitches |
| Tone | Sound with specific pitch |
| Interval | Distance between two pitches |
| Forte | Loud |
| Piano | Soft |
| Crescendo | Becoming louder |
| Descrescendo, diminuendo | Becoming softer |
| Rhythm | Arrangement of time in music |
| Elements of music | Basic materials of which music is composed: rhythm, melody, harmony, timbre |
| Tempo | Rate of speed at which a musical piece is performed |
| Rest | Sign that indicates silence or the cessation of musical sound |
| Beat | Underlying pulse of music |
| Accent | Strong sound - May be achieved by stress, duration or position of a tone. |
| Meter | Organization of rhythm into patterns of strong and weak beats |
| Measure | Unit containing a number of beats |
| Duple meter | Two beats per measure |
| Melody | meaningful succession of pitches |
| Phrase | section of melody - like a section or phrase of sentence |
| Cadence | Stopping point |
| Sequence | Melodic phrase repeated at different levels of pitch |
| Harmony | Simultaneous sounding of two or more different tones |
| Chord | Meaningful (not random) combination of 3 or more tones |
| Tonality | System of harmony, based on major and minor scales, that has dominated Western music since 17th cent. |
| Dissonance | Active, unsettled sound |
| Consonance | Passive sound that seems to be at rest |
| Renaissance Motet | a religious vocal composition that is through composed, polyphonic in texture, sung in latin, and invariably serene and worshipful. |
| Renaissance Madrigal | Secular song introduced in Italy that became popular in England - Polyphonic in texture, expressive in mood. |
| polyphonic | having two or more independent but harmonically related melodic parts sounding together |
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