Popular music
simplicity, no formal training, commercially liable
artisitc music
highly complex, formal training, beauty, intelectuality
folk music
social awareness, no formal training, oral tradition, ethnic, societal influence, oral history and function
dynamics
the volume of music
p, pp, mp, mf, f, ff
pianisimo-very soft; piano-soft; mezzo piano-medium soft; mezzo forte-med. loud; forte-loud; fortissimo-very loud
melody
a series of pitches organized into a recognizeable line
harmony
foundation to the melody through chords underneath the melody
articulation
the length of a note
legato
smooth
staccato
detatched
slurred
connected
accent
stressed
rhythm
the flow of music through time (beat, pulse)
Tempo
in order from slow to fast
meter
the number of beats in every measure of music
texture
monophony:
polyphony:
homophony:
one line of music
2 lines of music
3+lines of music
instrument families
string, brass, woodwind, keyboard, percussion
tibre
the quality of sound