Timbre

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Another word for tone color. Brightness or Darkness

Dynamics
loudness or softness in sound
Pitch
relative highness or lowness of sound
range
distance in pitch between highest and lowest tones
interval
Any distance between two pitches
Frequency

property of sound waves that determines pitch

measured in cycles/sec

gradual increase in volume…

gradual decrease in volume

increase: crescendo

decrease: decrescendo, diminuendo

Register
part of the overall range of an instrument
tenor
highest men’s singing voice
mezzo soprano
mid-ranged woman’s singing voice
Reed
Cane used to make woodwinds
piccolo
highest ranged woodwind
contra bassoon
lowest ranged
four families of instruments in symphony orchestra
strings brass percussion and woodwinds
beat
equal repeated pulse that divided music into time
meter
organization of music into groups
syncopation
unanticipated rhythmic accent
tempo
overall speed of the beat
measure
grouping of a fixed # of beats
rhythm
ordered flow of music through time
metronome
device that produces ticking sounds to determine tempo
vivace
“lively”
grave
“solemn”
Andante
walking pace (moderately slow)
presto
very fast
adagio
slow
accent
one note louder than the surrounding notes
accelerando
getting faster
ritardando
getting slower
nontroppo
not too fast or slow
allegra mucho
very fast
E G B D F
bottom LINES to top LINES in treble clef
F A C E
bottom SPACES to top SPACES in treble clef
G B D F A
bottom LINES to top LINES in bass clef
A C E G
bottom SPACES to top SPACES in bass clef
Melody
series of tones that add up to a recognizable whole
Legato
a smooth style of melody
Staccato
detached, short, choppy style of melody
Phrase
short component parts of melodies
cadence
resting point at end of phrase
incomplete cadence
a phrase ending which sets up expectations
climax
emotional focal point of melody
leaps/steps
only two ways that pitches of a melody move
theme
melody that serves as a starting point for a larger piece
tonic scale
1st scale
dominant scale
5th scale
sub dominant scale
4th scale
consonance
stable tone combo
dissonance
unstable tone combo
resolution
dissonance moving to a consonance