The organization of music through time/ the way in which one or more unaccented beats are grouped in relation to an accented one. meter/pulse/beat is the background while rhythm is the foreground.

Any sequence of regularly-spaced sounds (breathing, clock, heartbeat)

Speed or pace of a given composition/ markings in classical music can either be precise (BPM) or more abstract words that express mood or pace.

the organization of pulses into groupings of strong & weak beats. Duple, triple, quadruple, compound

the quality that makes it possible to judge sounds as "higher" and "lower" / Definite pitch is a tone made up of an organized sound wave while Indefinite pitch is a less organized sound wave. Music almost always consists of both.

Repetition of a wave pattern per unit of time. Usually measured in HZ.

Quality of sound (bright vs dark, etc)

Tones that sound above the fundamental tone and, with the fundamental, comprise a a complex musical tone

A sound's change over time (mostly regarding volume)

How quickly a sound begins & ends

Monophonic line that is featured most prominently in music

pitch-based context to the melody

how the tempo and the melodic and harmonic materials are combined in a musical composition, determining the overall quality of the sound

Music has one melodic line & no other pitch material/until about 1k years ago all western music was monophonic

Music that has one melodic line with harmonic accompaniment

Music that features 2+ independent melodies. Became prevalent in the Renaissance and likely achieved its peak in the Baroque Era

One line, but not played in strict unison, often with performers embellishing

How music is organized through time. Rhythm is also organization of music through time, but this is on a smaller, note-by-note scale than form. Form is more abstract and concerns larger sections of music.

Types of form in music

12 Bar Blues, Verse-Chorus, Sonata, Collage/Moment Form

types of definite pitch

sine,square,sawtooth. sine is smooth undulations, square looks like a square, sawtooth is jagged waves.

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Term	Definition
Rhythm	The organization of music through time/ the way in which one or more unaccented beats are grouped in relation to an accented one. meter/pulse/beat is the background while rhythm is the foreground.
Pulse	Any sequence of regularly-spaced sounds (breathing, clock, heartbeat)
Tempo	Speed or pace of a given composition/ markings in classical music can either be precise (BPM) or more abstract words that express mood or pace.
Meter	the organization of pulses into groupings of strong & weak beats. Duple, triple, quadruple, compound
Pitch	the quality that makes it possible to judge sounds as "higher" and "lower" / Definite pitch is a tone made up of an organized sound wave <sine, square, sawtooth> while Indefinite pitch is a less organized sound wave. Music almost always consists of both.
Frequency	Repetition of a wave pattern per unit of time. Usually measured in HZ.
Timbre	Quality of sound (bright vs dark, etc)
Overtones	Tones that sound above the fundamental tone and, with the fundamental, comprise a a complex musical tone
Amplitude	volume/loudness
Articulation	A sound's change over time (mostly regarding volume)
Envelope	How quickly a sound begins & ends
Melody	Monophonic line that is featured most prominently in music
Harmony	pitch-based context to the melody
Texture	how the tempo and the melodic and harmonic materials are combined in a musical composition, determining the overall quality of the sound
Monophonic	Music has one melodic line & no other pitch material/until about 1k years ago all western music was monophonic
Homophonic	Music that has one melodic line with harmonic accompaniment
Polyphonic	Music that features 2+ independent melodies. Became prevalent in the Renaissance and likely achieved its peak in the Baroque Era
Heterophonic	One line, but not played in strict unison, often with performers embellishing
Form	How music is organized through time. Rhythm is also organization of music through time, but this is on a smaller, note-by-note scale than form. Form is more abstract and concerns larger sections of music.
Types of form in music	12 Bar Blues, Verse-Chorus, Sonata, Collage/Moment Form
Ostinato	a repeating accompaniment
types of definite pitch	sine,square,sawtooth. sine is smooth undulations, square looks like a square, sawtooth is jagged waves.

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