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| (musical line) pitch, duration, melody line, intervals, ranger direction, conjunct/disjunct, phrases, cadences, counter melody |
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| vibrations high/low (faster/slower) – difference between noise/music |
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| distance between 2 pitches |
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| direction of melody – up/down, large/small, static |
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| connected small intervals |
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| disconnected larger intervals |
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| like a sentence within a paragraph |
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| like punctuation at the end of a sentence – may be final or leave listener with the sense of more to come – allows singer/instrumentalist to breathe |
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| the most basic element of communication between the composer/performer/listener |
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| (musical time) beat, meter & measure, syncopation, additive meter, not metric – what moves music forward |
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| beat is the pulse and rhythm is the flow (what happens between the beat) – accents note that some beats are stronger than others |
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the measurement of rhythm in time
– simple meters
– duple is 2 beats/measure
– triple is 3 beats/measure
– quadruple is 4 beats/measure (common time) |
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| accent on the offbeat (in between the strong beats) |
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| grouping of irregular beats 5/4 (3+2) |
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| pulse is weak or floating/difficult to find a consistent strong beat (rubato playing) |
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| (musical space) chords, scales, intervals, triads, major/minor, tonic, tonality, diatonic, chromatic, dissonance, consonance, drone
describes the simultaneous happenings in music (adds depth)
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essential in western music |
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| 3 or more tones sounding together |
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| collection of pitches arranged in an ascending/descending order
do-re-mi-fa-sol-la-ti-do |
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| distance between tones unison, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, octave |
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| certain combination of 3 tones |
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| one centralized note (resting tone) with the other notes organized and surrounding that central tone (tonic) |
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| subdued or sad, but not always |
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| come from Greek “chroma” meaning color |
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| agreeable combination with obvious resolution to song (sounds more pleasing) |
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| introduces tension, suspense; unstable sounds hard to our ears |
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| harmony is subordiante to the melody and complex rhythms (africa/eastern) |
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| monophony, polyphony, homorhythm, homophony, imitation, (cannons & rounds), diminution, augmentation |
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