A Music Appreciation Class
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each of the black spaces below before clicking
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| Source of Sound | The types of instruments and/or voices producing the sound.
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| Pitch | The highness or lowness of the sound. Scientifically, the frequency of the sound.
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| Rhythm | The beat, tempo and meter of a song.
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| Beat | Pulse. Regular or irregular?
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| Tempo | The speed of a song. Fast, moderate, or slow?
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| Meter | The organization of a song into beat groups. Groups of 2, 3, or 4 (or a combination)
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| Melody | The main tune.
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| Cunjunct Melody | Smooth, stepwise.
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| Disjunct Melody | Jumps aroudn in pitch, wide leaps of pitch.
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| Counter Melody | A sort of melody played by a second instrument underlaying the true melody.
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| Harmony | Two or more tones taht occur at the same time.
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| Form | How are the sections of the song organized? A, B, A, B, C, B....
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| Texture | The "layers of a song. Four main types of texture: Homophonic, Polyphonic, Monophonic, Heterophonic...
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| Homophonic | Main melody with accompaniment.
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| Polyphonic | All voices/instruments performing different parts rhythmically and pitch-wise but at the same time.
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| Monophonic | Music in which all of the voices or instruments are singing/ playing the exact, same melody using the exact, same rhythm with no harmony whatsoever. (ex. Gregorian chant)
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| Heterophonic | Music with slightly different versions of the same meldoy sung and played at the same time.
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| Timbre | The actual sound of the instrument or voice. Discribe it as dark, mellow, rich, bright, etc...
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| Dynamics | The volume of the sound. Forte (loud), piano (soft), mezzo-forte (medium loud)
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| Strings | Instruments with strings.
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| Woodwinds | Instruments probabaly originally made of wood. Also an instrument that typically uses a reed.
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| Brass | Instruments made fo brass. Cup-shaped mouthpiece.
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| Percussion | Instruments that keep tempo.
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| What is Music | Art. Organized sound and silence.
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