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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Polyphony | multiple independent voices sung or played together. |
| Elements of music | Melody, Rhythm, Meter, Harmony, Form, Expression (word painting), Orchestration (Timbre) |
| Melody | Linear Musical structure. The contour of notes that create a tone or lyric. |
| Range | High or Low |
| Interval | Distance of notes |
| Conjuct vs. disjunct motion | contour of the line up or down |
| phrase | musical sentence |
| cadence | musical periods, commas, semi-colons, a point of arrival. |
| Form | the organizational element of music. Repetition determines form. |
| strophic | repetition |
| through composed | no repetition |
| variation | same idea but new shape or new direction |
| binary vs. ternary | two parts vs. three parts |
| thematic | contrast motive sequence |
| call and response | a song style in which a singer or musician leads with a call and a group responds |
| movement | large form |
| what determines form? | repetition |
| rhythm | patterns of beats in music. regular or characteristic patterns. pattern of stress. |
| Meter | underlying patterns of beats |
| measures | 4/4 |
| triple | 3/4 |
| Duple | 1-2 1-2 |
| tempo | (music) the speed at which a composition is to be played. speed of music |
| melismatic | draws out word. The person wants you to hear it so they emphasize it. |
| syllabic | sentences. Giving a lot information. |
| Harmony | The singing or playing of two or more notes at the same time. |
| chord | triad: three notes. major chords minor chords color notes and chords *seventh chord |
| tonality | tonic---home base |
| dissonance vs. Consonance | both relate to acoustics Dis. not a good sound *cons. nice sound |
| Drone | sound under the music... one note |
| Texture | The thinness or thickness of musical instruments or voices. Layers of sand.. |
| monophonic | one sound no other sound |
| homophonic | same sound. the melody stands out above a single line. |
| Polyphonic | many sounds of equal importance at the same time. counter point. Imitation. round canon |
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