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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Beat | a main accent or rhythmic unit in music or poetry. |
| Melody | a sequence of single notes that is musically satisfying. |
| Pitch | the quality of a sound governed by the rate of vibrations producing it; the degree of highness or lowness of a tone. |
| Form | the overall structure and organization of a piece of music, determining how its various sections and musical elements |
| Rhythm | the arrangement of sounds and silences over time, creating patterns of duration, intensity, and emphasis to give a piece its structure and flow. |
| Lyrics | the words of a song in popular music. |
| Dynamic | the relative loudness or softness of a musical passage or note, indicating volume and intensity. |
| Meter | the regular pattern of strong and weak beats that organizes music into repeating groups called measures or bars. |
| timbre | the quality or "tone color" of a sound that distinguishes it from other sounds, even when they have the same pitch and volume. |
| Harmony | the art of combining pitches to create pleasing musical sounds, occurring simultaneously as chords or consecutively as chord progressions |
| Key | establishes a central tonic note (or "home note") and a corresponding scale, which organizes a piece of music and provides a sense of resolution |
| Articulation | defines the character of a note or musical phrase by controlling how it begins, how long it is sustained, how it connects to the next sound, and how it ends |
| Instrumentation | the choice and arrangement of particular musical instruments within a composition, or the specific combination of instruments used to perform a piece of music. |
| Texture | defines how musical elements like melody, rhythm, and harmony are combined and organized to create the overall quality of a piece of music. |
| Verse/Chorus | a part of a song that is repeated after each verse, typically by more than one singer. |