Music Quiz 1
interval
The distance between two notes
Syncopation
a beat that is not normally accented
accent
a beat that is stressed
metronome
a device that produces an audible beat to help musicians keep a steady tempo
melody
a series of notes characterized by a vocal, singable quality, moving most often by steps with few large intervals between notes
scale
collection of pitches arranged in ascending or descending order. major and minor scales have 7 differnt pitchds
crescendo
gradually get louder
descresendo
gradually get softer
Forte (f)
loud
mezzo piano (mp)
moderatley soft
mezzo forte (mf)
moderatly loud
Rhythm
organization of musical beats
Piano (p)
soft
half step
the distance from any key on the keyboard to the very next key above or below, whether black or white
duration
the length of a sound mesured in beats
dynamics
the loudness or softness of a specific portion of music
pitch
the relative highness or lowness of a musical note, expressed in music by a letter name from a to g
meter
the specific way beats are grouoed
Frequency
the speed at which a pitch oscillates, measured in cycles per second (also known as hertz)
tempo
the speed at which music is played, messured in beats per minute
beat
the underlying pulse of music
tone color/timbre
the unique sound of a particular instrument, caused by the harmonics
Fortissimo (ff)
very loud
Pianissimo (pp)
very soft
harmonics
vibrations of an instrument that occur over a fraction of its length (also called overtones)
