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Mus 10 Exam 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Pitch | -Sound that contains a definite pitch is called a 'tone -The distance between two 'tones' is an interval - The distance between the lowest and highest tones produced by a voice or instrument is the 'pitch range' |
| Crescendo | Gradually getting louder |
| Decrescendo | Gradually getting softer |
| The Voice | The original instrument |
| Human voice types for women | -Highest to lowest 1. Soprano 2. Mezzo Soprano 3. Alto |
| Family Tree of woodwinds | Piccolo Flute Clarinet and saxophone=single reed Oboe and Bassoon= double reed |
| Woodwind | -First made of wood -Made of metal in 20th century - blow air through pipe and keys are manipulated by fingers |
| Brass Instruments | -Highest to lowest 1. Trumpet 2. French Horn 3. Trombone 4. Tuba |
| Percussion | Bass drum, snare drum, timpani, cymbals, gong, triangle |
| Middle Ages | 450-1450 |
| Renaissance | 1450-1600 |
| Baroque | 1600-1750 |
| Classical Period | 1750-1820 |
| Romanticism | 1820-1900 |
| Chromatics | Greek word for chroma, means color, contains all half steps |
| Tempo | Speed of the beat of the music |
| Strings | violin, viola, cello (bow) guitar (pick) |
| Scales | -C major scale contains whole and half steps - minor scale contains whole and half steps, in different pattern |
| Key signature | Determines the main key of the music |
| Harmony | - 3 or more notes sounding together= chord |
| Key | - the tonal center piece of music, involving a central note that the piece revolves around |
| Melody | - most memorable part of a piece - either be played lagato or staccato |
| Sharps and flats | Flats lower note one half step Sharps raise note half step |
| Notation | composer's way of indicating how the music will take shape through pitch, rhyme, and instruction |
| Largo | Very slow |
| Grave | slow |
| Adagio | slow, getting faster |
| Andante | walking pace |
| moderato | step up from andante |
| Allegretto | moderately fast |
| Allegro | fast |
| vivace | lively |
| presto | very fast |
| prestissimo | floor it |
| accelerando | gradually getting faster |
| ritardando | gradually getting slower |
| Rhythm | Flow of music through time |
| Beat and Meter | beat basic pulse unit of music Meter organization of these beats into groupings called measures |
| Pipe Organ | wind instrument, popular in the Baroque period |
| Piano | -88 keys - 1700 by Bartolomeo Cristofori - damper, sostenuto, una corda |
| Human voice types for men | -highest to lowest 1. tenor 2. baritone 3. bass |
| pianissimo (pp) | very soft |
| piano (p) | soft |
| mezzo piano (mp) | medium soft |
| mezzo forte (mf) | medium loud |
| forte (f) | loud |
| fortissimo (ff) | very loud |
| fortissimo (fff) | plug your ears |
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beccamitchell2003
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