acoustics
science of sound; property of pitch
ferquency
the number of vibrations per second required to produce one note; property of pitch
interval
distance between two pitches; property of pitch
octave
interval between two notes where the higher note is twice the frequency of the lower; property of pitch; remember 8=oct
range
distance between highest and lowest note; property of pitch
dynamics
volume of sound/note
timbre
tone color, how it sounds
soprano
highest female voice
messo-soprano
female voice inbetween soprano and alto
alto
lowest female voice
tenor
highest male voice
baritone
male voice between tenor and bass
bass
lowest male voice
pizzicato
plucked string
double stop
two notes at once-stringed instrument
vibrato
small pitch fluctuation
mute
softens the sound
tremolo
repetition of the same tone (up and down strokes on stringed instruments)
beat
pluse; divides music into equal units of time
meter
organization of beats in a regular group
duple-two; triple-three
accent
tone with emphasis
syncopation
accented note on a weak(off) beat
tempo
speed of the beats
metronome
divice used to keep beats at a specific speed