Listen Chapter 3
A stopping or pausing place is called
a cadence.
What is a motive?
a distinctive, easily recognizable fragment of melody that is used repeatedly in a long composition
What is a scale?
a limited number of fixed pitches used to make music
An organized series of pitches played in a certain rhythm, and usually having an emotional character, is called
a melody.
The diatonic scale uses
a set of seven pitches within an octave (do re me fa so la ti do).
The chromatic scale uses
a set of twelve pitches within an octave (all the white and black piano keys).
What is the term for the distance, or difference in highness and lowness, between any two pitches?
an interval
When a person sings a song, the natural tendency is to breathe
at the ends of phrases.
The distinct high point of a tune is called the
climax
When one phrase is low and the next phrase is high, or one phrase is long and the next phrase is short, they can be called
contrasting phrases.
An octave spans how many notes?
eight
The element of music that seems to evoke human sentiment most directly is
melody.
When two phrases have the same notes but different words, or the same rhythm but different notes, they can be called
parallel phrases.
Melodies and tunes tend to fall naturally into smaller sections, called
phrases.
When the same phrase occurs at two or more different pitch levels successively, it is called a
sequence.
What is the smallest interval in regular use in Western music?
the half step
What is an octave?
the interval between two pitches that seem to "duplicate" one another
What is a defining feature of the diatonic scale?
the mixing of half and whole steps.
The most general term for the basic subject matter of longer pieces of music is
theme.
The whole step or whole tone is the equivalent of
two half steps
