Rhythm
general way music unfolds in time
arrangement of durations-long and short notes
Beats
musical time measured in beats
short pulses of background to keep pace
Accent
more empathic beats
Meter
any recurring pattern of strong and weak beats
Measure and Bar
each occurence of a meter/pattern
Duple Meter
beats grouped in twos
Triple Meter
beats grouped in threes
Syncopation
accents displaced to other unexpected position
Tempo
the speed of music
Adagio
slow
Andante
slow but not too slow
Moderato
moderate speed
Allegretto
fast but not too fast
allegro
fast
presto
very fast
frequency
rate of sound vibration
Pitch
the quality of sound
dynamics
level of sound
soft vs hard
crescendo vs decrescendo
more accents
amplitude
amount of energy a sound contains and conveys
tone color
quality of the pitch or instrument that such a sound makes
overtones
another tone above or below original tone that is also played but not noticeable
interval
distance/difference between two pitches
octave
interval of two pitches that are 8 notes away diatonically
diatonic scale
a set of seven pitches within an octave
used in western music
chromatic scale
every note/pitch within an octave