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| measurable high or low position of a musical sound |
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| levels of volume, loud or soft, of a musical composition |
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| pitch + dynamic + duration + timbre |
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| characteristic quality of sound that allows us to distinguish btw. one instrument/voice from another (determined by harmonics, attack and decay) |
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| rational organization of sounds and silences as they pass through time |
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| time aspect of music; divides long spans of time into smaller more easily understandable units |
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| regularly recurring; even pulse in music that divides the passing of time into equal segments |
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| fast/slow; the speed at which the beats occur in music |
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| a tempo mark indicating when the beat slows down |
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| division of beats into strong and weak units (strong - weak - strong is the most common type) |
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| Meter signature (aka time sig.) |
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| two numbers, one on top of another, usually placed at the beginning of the music to tell the performer what note value is carrying the beat and how the beats are to be grouped |
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| three beats per measure; one strong two weak |
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| first beats of the measure - strong |
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| beat before the downbeat - weak |
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accents in an unexpected place; anywhere but the downbeat; can occur btw. beats or on a weak beat |
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| entire composition of a music |
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| successive pitches (could be good or bad) |
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| short, distinctive melodic figure that stands by itself |
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| interval btw. adjacent pitches in the diatomic or chromatic scale; whole step of half step |
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| melodic movement not by an interval of just a step, but usually by a group of at least a fourth |
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| melodic notion that proceeds primarily by steps w/o leaps |
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| melodic motion that proceeds primarily by leaps rather than steps |
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| a self-contained portion of a melody, theme or tune |
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| opening, incomplete-sounding phrase of a melody; often followed by a consequent phrase |
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| phrase of a two-part melodic unit that brings a melody to a point of repose + closure |
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| concluding part of a musical phrase |
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| Diminuendo (same as decresendo) |
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| gradual decrease in the volume of a sound |
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Decrescendo (same as diminuendo)
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| gradual decrease in force and loudness |
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| gradual increase in the volume of sound |
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| String Instruments (high to low) |
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| violin, viola, violoncello, double bass |
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| piccolo, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon |
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