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Quiz 1 ch. 1-3
chap 1-3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Basic units of measurement for m musical time even steady pulses | beats |
| The arrangement of long and short notes in a melody or passage of music | rhythm |
| emphasize a certain beat to make it sound stronger Example: ONE two/ONE two or ONE two three/ ONE two three the stressing of a note | accent |
| strong/weak pattern repeated again and again of strong and weak beats. Example : ONE two and ONE two three | meter |
| A principal strong beat and one or more weaker beats | measure/bar |
| the beats are grouped in twos...(ONE two/ONE two) or in fours...(ONE two three four/ONE two three four) | duple meter |
| The beats are grouped in threes(ONE two three/ONE two three) | triple meter |
| The main beats are divided into twos...2/4, 3/4, 4/4 | simple meter |
| Dividing the main beats into threes | compound meter |
| The accenting of certain of certain beats of the meter that are ordinarily unaccented...one TWO/one TWO (weak strong)/weak strong) instead of the normal ONE two/ONE two (strong/weak/strong/weak) or displaces accents example: one TWO/one TWO/one TWO | syncopation |
| Are determined by the division of the strongest beats | compound and simple meter |
| Beats divide into 2 | simple meter |
| Beats divide into 3 | compound meter |
| The rate at which the accented and unaccented beats of the meter follow one another or the rate of the beat | tempo |
| slow (tempo) | adagio |
| on slow side but not too slow (tempo) | andante |
| moderate (tempo) | moderato |
| fast (tempo) | allegro |
| very fast (tempo) | presto |
| rate of sound vibration; establishes the pitch | frequency |
| highness or lowness of sound | pitch |
| what makes low sounds | long vibrating elements |
| scientific term "frequency" refers to what element? | pitch |
| Lowest frequency | A at 225 Hz (Hertz) |
| Highest frequency | C at 4, 186 Hz (Hertz) |
| the volume of sound, the loudness or softness of a musical passage or used to describe a set of musical terms or symbols that refer to the relative loudness or softness example: P=piano soft. f=forte loud | dynamics |
| loud | forte |
| the level of strength of sound vibrating. the stronger the level is, the louder the dynamic | amplitude |
| a sound of a certain definite pitch and duration; same as note | tone color/timbre |
| getting louder | crescendo |
| in acoustics, a secondary vibration in a sound producing body which contributes to the tone color | overtone |
| series of notes that exist between two pitches with same name | octave |
| a symbol in front of a note on the staff that raises or lowers the pitch | occidental |
| raises pitch half step | two sharp |
| lowers pitch half step | flat |
| what determines timbre | the strength (or amplitude) of the higher partials in the overtone series |
| fixed collections of pitches used to construct music diatonic-whole step 7 pitches chromatic-half step 12 pitches | scales |
| the difference or distance between two pitches | interval |
| smallest interval | half step |
| pitches that convey the primary musical idea in a composition | melody |
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