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Music Appreciation
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Sound | produced when air particles around an object begin to move away from source vibrations detected by human ear or recording |
| Amplitude | volume loudness |
| Pitch | how high or how low the sound of noise is |
| Frequency | the number of vibrations per sound; measured in hertz |
| Duration | length something last |
| Note | the musical symbol that denotes pitch and duration |
| Acoustic Music | music produced without electronic or amplifiers |
| Melody | the line or tune of music that make up one cohesive thought |
| Contour | the overall shape ( up and down movement) of the music |
| Range | the distance between the highest and lowest note |
| Interval | the distance between 2 pitches |
| conjunct | interval where the note are close together or move by steps |
| disjunct | intervals are far apart or move by leaps; disconnected |
| phrase | a section of music |
| cadence | the resting place at the end of a phrase; like a comma or period in a sentence; where the singer or instrumentalist pauses to take a breath. |
| rhyme scheme | describes the similarities in sounds at the last syllable in each line |
| countermelody | several simultaneous melodies occurring at the same time |
| rhythm | moves music forward in time |
| beat | a single unit of rhythm |
| accented beat | has a stronger beat than others |
| measures | rhythmic groups contain fixed numbers of beats |
| measure lines | indicate start and end of measure |
| downbeat | first accented beat of a measure |