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)