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Honor Chour Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a steady, underlying pulse | Beat |
| a pattern performed over a beat | Rhythm |
| a strong-weak feel feeling | Duple Meter |
| a strong-weak-weak feeling | Triple Meter |
| how fast or slow the beat or pulse goes. | Tempo |
| consists of Do-Mi-So or a 1st, 3rd, and 5th scale degree in major | Major Tonic Triad |
| consists of La-Do-Mi or a 1st, 3rd, and 5th scale degree in minor | Minor Tonic Triad |
| The major V chord in major consisting of So-Re-Ti. (Fa can be included) | Dominant |
| Any simultaneous combination of tones, mostly arranged into chordal structures | Harmony |
| The end of a melodic or harmonic phrase in music | Cadence |
| Loud | Forte |
| Soft | Piano |
| Medium | Mezzo |
| gradually getting louder | Crescendo |
| gradually getting softer | Decrescendo |
| A series of sharps or flats written just after the clef | Key Signature |
| shows how many beats are in a measure and what rhythm symbol gets the beat | Meter Signature |
| A repeating motif, phrase, or pattern in music | Ostinato |
| The root notes of the harmonies/chords in a piece of music | Bass Line |
| How we pronounce and articulate words and vowels | Diction |
| short, separated sound | Staccato |
| smooth, connected sound | Legato |
| A note, chord, or passage that is forcefully louder than the music surrounding it | Marcato |
| A symbol showing that a note is louder than the notes surrounding it | Accent |
| Indicates to play a note slightly longer or louder than it would normally be played | Tenuto |