Elements of Popular Music Quiz

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major

"happy" or "uplifting"

minor

"sad" or "dark"

accent

- "punching a note harder" - where syncopation is

Vibrato

- a controlled vibration in the sound - narrow or wide - slow or fast

ternary

- a three part form that repeats the first section - ABA

binary form

- a two part form (AB)

instrumental break

- breaks up choruses and verses - allows something different but doesn't change

scale

- built within an octave - usually starts and ends on a pitch that sounds the same

interval

- distance between pitches - make up the melody

duple meter

- faster beater - two beats per group - ex: superstition, uptown funk, Billie jean

quadruple meter

- four beats per group - ex: radioactive - downbeat on the first note

strophic

- one sections that repeats again and again - even if the word changes - ex: 100 beers on the wall - AAA

harmony

- the verticalization of pitch - the art of combining pitches into chords - sung or played by instruments - more than one pitch - uses depth

triple meter

- three beats per group - ex: my favorite things

melody

- tune - the element that focuses on the horizontal presentation of pitch - pitch pitch pitch

outro

Instrumental section at the end of a song

groove

a characteristic rhythmic "feel" to a song, usually created by the rhythm section (drums, bass, rhythm guitar, sometimes keyboard)

dissonance

a harsh sounding combination, creates tension

consonance

a pleasant combination of pitches

beat

a regular, repeating pulse- the "heartbeat" of the music

solo

breaks up choruses and verses

progressions

chords are then arranged into sentence-like patterns

hook

corresponds with chorus; makes it catchy/ memorable

crescendo

getting gradually louder

Decrescendo

gradually getting softer

form

how a song is constructed

duration

how long a sound (or silence) ;asts

rests

how long to hold a silence

intro

instrumental part before verse/chorus

forte

loud

pre-chorus

may or may not be present; a section that introduces the chorus

syncopation

putting accents "off-the-beat" (between the counted numbers)

bridge

section that is new; brings the 1st and 2nd parts of song connect together

riff

short repeated phrase

piano

soft

chorus

some words each time; emotional response to story telling verse

verse

story telling words that change throughout the song

Rhythm

the element of time in music

pitch

the highness or lowness of a musical sound

tempo

the speed of the beat, which can described by the number of beats/second

timbre

the unique sound of an instrument/voice

meter

when beats are organized into recurring accent patterns, the result is a recognizable meter


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