Pitch – A highness and lowness that is measured by amplitude
Noise-Sound that is unfocused, can’t discern, complex sound of vibrations
Timbre-tone quality of pitches, measured by fractional vibrations
Amplitude-is the size of the vibration, and determines how loud the sound
is
Piano-Quiet or soft
Mezzo forte-moderately loud
Forte-loud
Rhythm-determines when the pitches occur and how long they last
Beat-a main accent or rhythmic unit in music or poetry
Meter-help organize the tune , strong beat followed by a weak beat
Duple-1 strong beat followed by 1 weak beat
Triple-1 strong beat followed by 2 weak beats
simple –the division of the beat is naturally in half
compound-the division of the beat is naturally in thirds
Melody-the organization of pitches, colored by rhythm, making single idea.
Dynamics-The varying level of volume of sound in different parts of a
musical performance
Conjunct Melody-melody made up of whole steps and half steps
Disjunct Melody-melody made up of larger intervals
Interval-distance between 2 notes
Half –a semitone, note c to c sharp
Whole step- two half steps, note d to e
Strophic Form-elaborating a piece of music by repetition of a single
section.
Ballad –poetry in music that tells a story
Ballad Meter-is a type of poetry that uses alternating lines ABCB
Iambic Foot-syllable stressing. Unstressed followed by stressed.
Modified Ballad Meter-adding the extra line, the 4th line is repeated
Crammed Iambic Foot-bunch of syllables crammed into 1 line
Short Meter-iambic verses or lines, the first, second, and fourth having
each three feet, and the third four feet.
Terraced Melody-voices that go in step motion
Vocables-Utterances that are used in an ornamental fashion
Gritos-Cries in Mexican music
Clave Rhythm-2 measures in length, 3+2(long,long,long,s,s,s) or2+3
Major Scale-w,w,h,w,w,w,h
Minor Scale-w,h,w,w,h,w,w
Major Triad-M3 between the bottom and middle notes,m3 btwn middle
and top, happy
Minor Triad-m3 between the bottom and middle notes,M3 btwn middle
and top,sad
Harmony-2 or more pitches playing at the same time
