EC-6 Content - Fine Arts (Music)

Solfege

A system of singing notes and is key to the Kodaly Concept. It uses the syllables do, re, me, fa, sol, la, ti, and do to represent each tone in the major scale.

Zoltan Kodaly

A Hungarian music teacher and composer who believed that singing is the best way to develop a feel for music and that it should preced instrucmental instruction.

Quarter Note

A note equivalent to one fourth of a whole note.

Eighth Note

A note having the time value of an eighth of a whole note or half a quarter note.

Accidental

A note of pitch that is not a member of the scale.

Measure

a segment of time corresponding to a specific number of beats in which each beat is represented by a particular note value.

Tone

Is characterized by its duration, pitch, intensity, and timbre.

Interval

The difference between two pitches.

Staff

A set of five line and four spaces. Each line and space represent a specific musical pitch.

Lullaby

A soft, gentle song. Often conveying important information about human relationships and cultural traditions.

Tune

A song, melody, having the correct musical pitch or being in the correct key.

Blues

African Americans from the rural South developed this genre in the late 19th century by combining elements of traditional African forms with folk music and Christian hymns.

Work Songs

Are connected with manual labor such as agriculture or the railorad. Used to help workers stay in unison as they completed their tasks.

Dimension

Can be referred to as the elements in music.

Jingles

Catchy, short songs or tunes used in advertising and for other commercial uses.

Game Song

Clapping songs link "Patty Cake" or "Who Took the Cookie from the Cookie Jar" are songs that can be sung and have choreographed movement much like a game for the participant to engaged in.

Treble Clef

Every Good Boy Does Fine. The lines are pitched at E, G, B, D, F. The spaces spell FACE.

Bass Clef

Good Boys Deserve Favor Always. The lines are pitched at G, B, D, F, A and the spaces are All Cows Eat Grass (A, C, E, G).

Intensity

How loudly or softly a song is played or sung.

Jazz

Improvisational and blends the features of other genres such as blues and folk to create an all new and distinctly American form or art.

Rock and Roll

In the 1950's, musicians combined elements from the blues and country music to create this genre.

Ledger Lines

Notate the pitches that occur above or below the staff.

Pitch

Refers to how high or low we perceive a sound to be.

Tempo

Refers to the speed at which a piece of music is played or sung.

Rhythm

The arrangement of sounds as they move through time.

Intonation

The accuracy of the pitch. It can be flat or sharp.

Dynamics

The instruction of how loudly or softly a performer should play or sing.

Duration

The length that a tone is played or sung.

Timbre

The tone or unique quality of a sound.

Meter

There is a pattern of strong and weak beats.

Bluegrass

Was developed in Appalachia when settlers from the United Kingdom and Ireland began writing songs about their everyday life. It is also known as "mountain music."

Partner Song

When two or more people sing two different songs at the same time to create harmony.

Sharp

When someone is playing or singing above pitch.

Flat

When someone is playing or singing below pitch.

Improvisation

When students can apply what they've learned and create their own musical patterns or compositions.

Rote Learning

When students learn songs by ear.

Round

When two or mre people sing exactly the same melody, but they begin at different times.

Grand Staff

When two staffs are joined by a brace.