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Honor Chour Terms
Question | Answer |
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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 |