Music

field of study usually defined as the study of music in culture, or the study of music as culture, a way of organizing human activity

of or pertaining to a social group within a cultural and social system that claims or is accorded special status on the basis of complex, often variable traits including religious, linguistic, ancestral or physical characteristics

the highness or lowness of sound: the pitch height is determined by frequency of a set number of cycles per second

series of pitches arranged in order from low to high or high to low

the first and main note of a key or scale; may also be called keynote

distance between the highest and lowest tones an instrument or a given voice can produce

closest recognized distance in Western European music

twice the distance of a half step

distance between any two notes or tones

a series of single notes that add up to a recognizable whole

how chords are constructed and how they follow each other

combination of three or more tones sounded at once

the eighth tone of a scale; acoustically, the tone with twice the frequency of the home tone (2/1 ratio as in Do to Do, Re to Re, etc.)

what cultures use as distance factors (markers) between pitches (ie. half step, slides, pitch ranges); which part of the pitch range is considered pleasing

degrees of loudness and softness

to notate music; the notating of music which has been only in an oral tradition; can also mean to rewrite music which was originally for one group of instruments for another group of instruments

the shape of a musical selection, its structure Examples include strophic form (AAA): through composed: call and response, etc.

to combine differing beliefs; the attempt or tendency to combine or reconcile differing beliefs as in philosophy or religion

the coming together of two cultures: term is often used in reference to non-Western cultures coming in contact with western cultures. Also, the effect in music of bringing together selected musical characteristics from two cultures to form a new or greatly modified style of music

music with a specific purpose that is aligned with its performance (examples include specific music that accompanies work, rituals, dance, etc.)

teaching by speaking, singing, or playing. Knowledge is passed by listening to and observing knowledgeable persons within a given culture. There are often people within a given culture that are viewed as the keepers of the culture

to learn by hearing, is often referred to in writings about oral transmission