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element and barque
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| melody | the line or tune in music |
| pitch | the highness or lowness of sound |
| timbre | tone color |
| range | distance from the lowest to the highest notes in a melody |
| contour | shape of the melody(the way it move) |
| interval | distance from one note the next note; a half step is the smallest interval used in western music |
| octave | two pict 8 notes apart, and they have the same name |
| phrase | musical sentence |
| cadence | resting place at the end of a phrase |
| rhythm | length or duration of individual notes |
| beat | the regular pulse of the music |
| meter | organization of rhythm into time |
| downbeat | first beat of measure, which is the strongest beat |
| simple meter | beat are sub dived into 2 |
| compound meter | beat are subdivde into 3 |
| duple meter | 2 per measure |
| triple meter | 3 per measure |
| quadruple meter | 4 per measure |
| measure | regular grouping of beats,divide by barlines |
| tempo | speed |
| dynamics | the volume traditionally indicated using Italian word |
| harmony | complementary pitches combined with melody,creating a fuller texture of sound |
| major | bright or sunny |
| minor | draker |
| consonanace | stable sounding harmony |
| dissonoance | unstable sounding harmony |
| Johann Sebastian bach | 1685-1750 Lutheran organist choirmaster,composer,father of 19 children |
| Antonio vivaldi | the red priest 1678-1741 wrote over 500 concertos for for violin; virtuoso violinist |