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• describes itself with words like bright, dark, brilliant, mellow & rich.
• contributes to continuity

commonly woman voice

Commonly woman voice

Commonly woman voice

Commonly man voice

commonly man voice

commonly man voice

• 1. Strings
• 2. Woodwinds
• 3. Brass
• 4. Percussion
• 5. Keyboard
• 6. Electronic

• Violin
• Viola
• Cello

• Flute
• Piccolo
• Clarinet

• Trumpet
• Trombone
• French Horn

• Chimes- definite pitch
• Snare drum- indefinite pitch

• Piano
• Organ

the basic pace of the music.

very slow (broad)

very slow (solemn)

slow

moderatly slow (walking pace)

modertly fast

moderate

fast

keeps some elements while changing others.

The length of time a musical note sounds.

Is the flow of music thru time, it is also the essential feature of a melody's personality.

When pitch falls above or below the staff horizontal lines.

Used for higher notes (right hand on piano)

Used for lower notes (left hand on piano)

A combination of the treble & bass cleff staves.

Is another way to lengthen duration of a note.

the distance in "pitch" between two tones.

Higher in pitch by a 1/2 step.

Lower in pitch by a 1/2 step.

• A-B-C-D-E-F & G
• White keys on the piano. (neither flat or sharp notes)

Different layers of sound heard at once.

• One sound
• More than one singer or instrument is "unison" which is a richer sound.

• Several melodic lines compete for attention.
• This adds dimension, and often contains imitation.
• EX. row, row, your boat

• Is best describe as between "mono" and "poly" phonics.
• Attention is focused on the melody.

• the organization of musical elements in time.
• pitch, tone color, dynamics, rythm, melody & texture

Creates a sense of unity.

provides variety.

Is an unstable tone combination, its tension demands onward motion to a stable chord.

When dissonance moves to consonance.

lively

Very Fast

As Fast As Possible

Becoming Faster

Becoming Slower

Is a system of writing music so that specific pitches & Rythms can be communicated.

Indicates exact pitches by an upward or downward symbol.

A set of 5 horizontal lines, the higher the note on the horizontal line, the higher the pitch.

Shows music for each instrument.

Is a series of single notes that add up to make a recognizable whole.

A smooth, connected style of tones.

A short detached style of tones.

A resting place at end of phrase or at point of arrival.

The way chords are constructed and how they follow each other.

A stable tone combination of a point of arrival, rest and resolution.

plucked string

2 notes at once.

rocking hand while pressing string.

a muffle on the bridge

Rapidly repeats tones with quick up and down strokes of bow.

High pitch noises when strings are lightly touche.

5/8 very rare

7/8 very rare

hold for three beats

Is a melody used as the basis for a musical composition.

Begins with vibrations on object, then vibrates in our eardrum and transmit this to brain, then selected , organized and interpreted.

Is the relative high and low sounds we hear.

In music, a sound that has definate pitch.

The distance between the lowest and highest tones that voice or instrument can produce.

• The degree of loudness or softness in music. Power to impact the listner.
• EX. "We've only just began" Carpentars

PP very soft

P soft

MP modertly soft

MF moderatly loud

F loud

FF loud

gradually softer

gradually louder

• A disturbance, or interuption of regular flow of rythm.
• EX. "I can see clearly now" "Montego Bay"

Gives note a louder sound than notes around it.

• 1. Egyptian
• 2. Babaloynians
• 3. Greeks (main ones to establish art & music)
• 4. Romans

the lure, originated from kicking shell on beach and sound it produced.

Zules of africa, by stretching skin over a log.

because you strike it to play.

• Tritan, was Greek god, that was half man and fish.
• Trident was a 3 prong instrument.

They were warriors and worked allot with metals, that eventually made trumpets out of metal.

he was a god of greece, would run through meadows with flute. he was half man and half goat.

• they loved health, beauty, poetry, plays, and music and were democratic people
• started olympics

famouse for writing dramas

discovered "octive" scale

• eight notes
• C-D-E-F-G-A-B-C

• popular with Greeks
• Uses all white notes only. Depended on mood they were in.
• Chorus set moods for plays, not so much the musicians.

hold sound out as long as you can, until conductor stops.

to get slower

• appears at beggining of piece and again if changed.
• X/ top number is key signature
• /X bottom is, how many beats in a measure.

4/4 four beats

3/4 Most common

2/4

6/8

• Every
• Good
• Boy
• Does
• Fine

• F
• A
• C
• E

• Good
• Boys
• Do
• Fine
• Always

• All
• Cows
• Eat
• Grass