Music Test 1 Word Scramble
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| Question | Answer |
| Beat | A regularly recurring sound that divides the passing of time into equal units. |
| Tempo | Speed at which the beat sounds. |
| Downbeat | First beat in each measure. (Has strongest accent or stress) |
| Accent | The stress placed on musical tone or chord. |
| Measure | A group of beats. (BAR) |
| The basic elements of organization | Rhythm, melody, and harmony. |
| Rhythm | Deals with organization of time. |
| Meter | Organization of beats into regular groups. |
| Most common meters | Duple, triple. |
| Time signature | A symbol that tells the performer...; Top number = how many beats per measure; bottom number = the note value of the beat. |
| Syncopation | Displaces the natural accent by putting the accent on a weak beat or between beats. |
| Melody | A series of notes arranged in order...; the tune |
| Octave | The duplication of a pitch at a higher or lower level; first and eighth tones of the diatonic scale. |
| Scale | A succession of pitches within the octave. |
| Tonality | The organization of music around a central pitch. |
| Tonic | The central note. |
| Key | Term for the tonality of a piece of music; tonal center built on a tonic note and making use of a scale. |
| Harmony | One or more pitches that support and accompany a melody. |
| Treble clef | The sign placed on a staff to indicate the notes above middle C. |
| Great staff | large musical staff that combines both the treble and the bass clefs. |
| Modulation | Change in tonal center from one key to another. |
| Major scale | A seven note scale. |
| Bass Clef | Indicate notes below middle C. |
| Dossonance | Seeks resolution. |
| Chord | Two or more pitches that sound at the same time. |
| Chord Progression | A succession of chords moving forward in a purposeful fashion. |
| Any element of music that continually repeats is called an ostiano | True. |
| Doo-wop | A type of soul music from 1950s. |
| Interval | Distance between two pitches. |
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