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9/10 Music concepts
Concepts of Music Key terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Pitch | The highness or Lowness of a sound |
| Duration | The length of sounds and silence |
| Syncopation | Accents on weaker beats of the bar |
| Accent | Emphasis on the strong beats of the bar |
| Beat | The underlying pulse in music |
| Tempo | The speed of music |
| Time Signature | How musicians measure beats in a bar |
| Triplet | 3 notes in the space of one beat |
| Crotchet | A notes worth one beat |
| minim | A note worth two beats |
| Semibreve | A note worth 4 beats |
| Quaver | A note worth 1/2 of a beat |
| Semiquaver | A note worth a 1/4 of a beat |
| Polyphonic | Two independent melodies with accompaniment |
| Homophonic | A melody with accompaniment |
| Monophonic | A single melody with out accompaniment |
| Steps | A series of notes that move either up or down by scale degree |
| Leaps | A series of notes that move up or down skipping notes of the scale |
| Ascending | Moving in an upward direction |
| Decending | Moving in a downwards direction |
| Dynamics | Volume |
| Moderato | At a walking pace |
| Vivaci | Fast pace |
| Presto | Very fast |
| Lento | Very slow |
| Pizzicato | Strings plucked instead of played with a bow |
| Arco | Played with a bow |
| Double stopping | Playing two notes at the same time on a stringed instrument |
| Piano | Soft |
| Forte | Loud |
| Bass | Lowest male vocal range |
| Barritone | Middle male vocal range |
| Tenor | Highest male vocal range |
| Alto | Lowest female vocal range |
| Mezzo soprano | Middle female vocal range |
| Soprano | Highest female vocal range |
| Conductor | A person who guides an orchestra |
| 12 bar blues | A chord progression used in Blues and early Rock and Roll music |
| Major | Tonality of music based of a major scale, usually related to happy sounds |
| Minor | Tonality of music based of the minor scale, usually related to sad, sombre sounds |
| Staccato | Notes that are played intentionally short |
| Legato | Notes that are played intentionally long and draw out |
| Sound source | The instruments used in a piece of music |
| Performing media | The instrumentation used in a piece of music |
| Texture | Refers to the layers of sound |
| Structure | The way a piece of music is put together |
| Expressive Techniques | The way a musician plays an instrument to show self expression |
| Glissando | A slide from one note to another |
| Vibrato | The wavering of a note back and forth |
| Tremelo | The rapid, continuous performance of a note |
| Rim shot | When a drummer hits the rim of a snare drum |
| Ostinato | A repeated pattern in music |
| Riff | A repeated pattern in Rock or Pop music |
| Melodic ostinatio | A repeated melodic line in music |
| Rhythmic ostinato | A repeated rhythmic phrase in music |
| Imitation | When an instrument or voice copy's another instrument or voice identically |
| Pentatonic scale | A 5 note scale |
| Blues scale | A 6 note scale, similar to the Blues scale with an added note of the Tritone interval |
| Tritone | An interval also known as a flattened 5th |
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james.vella22
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