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Music Ingredients
What are the ingredients present in all the music we listen to?
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Pitch | The vibration of air that makes this high or low. |
| Melody | A bunch of pitches that stand out. You can go home humming this. |
| Harmony | Two or more notes played together at the same time. We use the word consonant to describe it when it is pleasing and dissonant when it is not. |
| Texture | Combined effect of few or many instruments playing together. We use thick or thin to describe it. |
| Beat | Steady pulse of music |
| Tempo | How fast or slow music is |
| Meter | Grouping of beats often in 2's, 3's, and 4's |
| Timbre | Uses adjectives to describe the tone quality of a voice or instrument |
| Dynamics | How loud or soft music is |