Music Key Words

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  • Created by: Jdadd27
  • Created on: 30-05-18 12:40
Tempo
The speed of the music
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Melody
line, or tune, in music, a concept that is shared by most cultures
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Contour
how the melody moves up and down
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Interval
distance between any two pitches in a melody
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Rhythm
what moves the music forward in time
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Meter
organizes the beats in music
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Downbeat
the strongest beat in a measure, often the first beat
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Harmony
simultaneous events in music
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Upbeat
the last beat of the measure
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Chord
simultaneous sounding of three or more pitches
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Scale
sequence of pitches
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Texture
the interweaving of the melodic lines with harmony in music
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Monophony
single-voiced music without accompaniment
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Heterophony
multiple voices elaborating the same melody at the same time
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Polyphony
many-voiced texture based on counterpoint
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Binary form
A-B
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Ternary form
A-B-A
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Allegro
fast pace
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Moderato
Moderate pace
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Adagio
quite slow pace
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Accelerando
speeding up the pace
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Ritardando
slowing the pace
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Dynamics
describe the volume of the music
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Forte (f)
Loud
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Piano
Soft
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Timbre
tone color
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Soprano
High female voice
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Alto
Low female voice
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Tenor
High male voice
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Bass
Low male voice
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Card 2

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line, or tune, in music, a concept that is shared by most cultures

Back

Melody

Card 3

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how the melody moves up and down

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Card 4

Front

distance between any two pitches in a melody

Back

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Card 5

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what moves the music forward in time

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