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Music vocab
fine arts (music) final vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Music | a human creative endeavor that involves the organization of sound in time |
| Melody | a single line of notes heard in secession as a coherent unit (the thing that captures your ears'/brain's attention) |
| Pitch | The "highness" or "lowness" of sound |
| Phrase | A brief musical statement |
| Harmony | The sound created by multiple voices playing or singing together (the things that support the melody) |
| Rhythm | the ordering of music in time (the instruments used the order the music in time) |
| Meter | An underlying pattern of beats that maintains itself consistently (our ears tend to sort these into groups of 2s or 3s) |
| Tempo | The speed at which a piece of music is preformed |
| Texture | The general relationship of musical lines or voices to one another (monophony, homophony, polyphony) |
| Timber | The character or quality of a sound |
| Word Painting | expressing the literal meaning of song lyrics using musical techniques |
| Program Music | A piece of instrumental music that tries to express something extramusical, like a poem or a story |
| Leitmotif | A musical phrase that is associated with a person, place, or idea |
| Sacred Harp | a type of vocal music that is associated with colonial America |
| Ragtime | A musical style that came from black musicians in New Orleans, which later evolved into Blues, Jazz, and popular music styles |
| Avant Garde | A music that is experimental and tries to break boundaries |
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