Areas of study: Music

Rhythm and meter covers:

Ways to describe the rhythm:

• Bi-rhythmic (Two rhythms at the same time)
• Syncopation (Notes that occur off the beat)
• Augmentation (Doubling the amount of notes)
• Diminution (Halving the amounts of notes)

The time signature (Meter):

      4     3     6         For instance

     4     4     8

Melody and texture covers:

Ways to decribe the melody:

• Ostinatoes (Riffs)
• Scalic movement (The melody moves up and down in complete scales)
• Conjunct movement (The melody moves up and down in steps)
• Disjunct movement (The melody moves in leaps)

Ways to describe the texture:

• Monophonic (Melody on its own - no accompiment)
• Homophonic (Melody and basic accompiment)
• Polyphonic (Melody and lots of accompiment)

Timbre and dynamics cover:

Timbre:

• What instruments you can hear
• What family the instrument belongs to
• what technique the instrument uses

Dynamics (Volume):

• pp
• p
• mp
• mf
• f
• ff

Harmony and tonality covers:

Ways to describe the harmony in the piece:

• Consonant (The piece sounds good and it doesnt clash)
• Dissonant (The piece doesnt sound so good and clashes)

Ways to describe the tonality:

• Major (The piece is happy)
• Minor (The piece is sad)