Music Appreciation Midterm - Chapter 1

Terms	Definitions
Pitch	Relative highness or lowness of a sound
Dynamics	Degrees of loudness or softness in music
Timbre	Quality of sound that distinguishes one instrument or voice from another
Coloratura Soprano	Very high range
Lyric Soprano	Rather light voice
Dramatic Soprano	Full, powerful voice
Lyric Tenor	Relatively light, bright voice
Dramatic Tenor	Powerful voice; is capable of heroic expression
Basso Buffo	Takes comic roles
Basso Profundo	Very low range
Percussion Instruments of Orchestra	Timpanis, cymbals, bass drum, and snare drum
Woodwind Instruments of Orchestra	Flutes, piccolos, oboes, clarinets, and bassoons
String Instruments of Orchestra	Violins, violas, cellos, Double basses, harp
Brass Instruments of Orchestra	French horns, trumpets, trombones, tuba
Rhythm	The flow of music through time
Beat	Regular, recurrent pulsation that divides music into equal units of time
Meter	Organization of beats into groups
Measure	A group containing a fixed number of beats
Tempo	Speed of the beat
Melody	Series of single tones that add up to a recognizable whole
Harmony	How chords are constructed and how they follow each other
Chord	Combination of three or more tones sounded at once
Monophonic Texture	Single melodic line without accompaniment
Polyphonic Texture	Performance of two or more melodic lines of relatively equal interest at the same time
Homophonic Texture	Term describing music in which one main melody is accompanied by chords

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