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ABA, statement, contrast, return - Three part form can be represented as

Accelerando - Gradual speeding up of tempo

Accent - Stress or emphasis on a note

Adagio - Slow

Allegro - Fast

An interval - The distance in pitch between any two tones is called

Andante - Moderately slow; walking pace

Arpeggio - When the individual tones of a chord are sounded one after another, the result is a broken chord or

Beat - Organization of beats Into Regular groupings

Binary - Form consisting of a musical statement followed by a counterstatement would be called

By tightening or loosening the pegs - The strings of a violin are tuned by what

Chord - Combination of 3 or more tones at the same time

Consonance - A combination of tones that is considered stable and restful is called a

Contrabassoon - The lowest instrument in the orchestra is the

Counterpoint - The technique of combining several melodic lines into a meaningful whole

Crescendo - A gradual increase in loudness

Cycles per second - The frequency of vibrations is measured in

Dissonance - A combination of tones that is considered unstable and tense

Do not contain a string section - Symphonic bands differ from symphonic orchestras in that they

Dominant chord - Triad built on the fifth step of the scale

Downbeat - First, or stressed beat of the measure

Dynamics - Degrees of loudness and softness in music

Emphasizes a time by playing it more loudly than the tones around it - A dynamic accent occurs in music when a performer

Form - The organization of musical ideas in time is capled

Frequency - The pitch of a sound is decided by the ____ of its vibrations

Gradually decrease in loudness - The symbol > indicated to the performer the music should

Half step - In western music, the ____ is the smallest interval between successive tones of a scale

Harmonics - The very high-pitched tones that are produced when a string player lightly touched points on a string are called

Harmony - ____ in music adds support, depth, and richness to melody

Harmony - The way chords are constructed and how they follow each other

Higher - In general, the smaller the vibrating element, the ____ it's pitch

Homophonic - When there is one main melody accompanied by chords, the texture is

Horsehair - The bow which string players usually use to produce sound on their instruments is a slightly curved stick strung tightly with

Hymn, barbershop quartet, and unison - An example of homophonic texture could be

Imitation - When a melodic idea is presented by one voice or instrument and then restated by another voice or instrument, the technique is called

Key - A central tone, scale, and chord

Largo - Very slow

Measure - Unit or group containing a fixed number of beats

Meter - regular, recurrent pulsation that decides music into equal units of time

Metronome - Device that produces ticketing sounds or flashes of light any desired musical speed

Modulation - A shift from one key to another within the same composition is called

Molto - Much

Monophonic - The texture of a single melodic line without accompaniment is

Music - An art based on the organization of sounds in time

Mute - A hollow, funnel-shaped piece of wood or plastic that brass players use to alter their instruments is called

Non troppo - Not too much

Octave - When two different tones blend so well when sounded together that they almost seem to merge into one tone

Pianissimo, forte, fortissimo - The Italian dynamic markings used to indicate very soft, loud, and very loud

Piccolo - The highest woodwind instrument in the orchestra is the

Pitch - The relative highness or lowness of a sound is called

Pitch range - The distance between the lowest and highest tones that a voice or instrument can produce

Pizzicato - Plucking the string with the finger I stress of using a bow

Polyphonic - When two or more melodies of equal interest are performed simultaneously

Polyphonic texture - Contrapuntal texture is sometimes used in place of the term

Prestissimo - As fast as possible

Progression - A series of chords

Reed - A thin piece of cane, used single or in pairs by woodwind players

Register - a part of an instruments total range

Repitition - Creates unity, helps engrave a melody in the memory, and provides a feeling of balance and symmetry

Resolution - dissonant chord moving to a consonant chord

rhythm - Particular arrangement of note lengths in a piece of the ordered flow of music through time

Ritardando - Gradual slowing down of tempo

Singing requires control of breath, wider ranges of pitch and volume, vowel sounds - It is difficult to singe well because ____ than speaking

Strict imitation - A round is an example of

Syncopation - Putting an accent in music where it would not normally be expected

Synthesizers - Systems of electronic components which generate, modify, and control sound

tape studio - The main tool of composers of electronic music during the 1950's was the

Tempo - Rate of speed of the beat of music

The performer is nervous - If a string player uses vibrato-rocking of the left hand to produce small pitch fluctuations-it is because

Tonality - Key is another word

Tone - A sound that has a definite pitch

Tone color - Timbre is synonymous with

Tonic - The central key around which a musical composition is organized is called the

Tonic chord - A composition would almost always end on a

Training and physical makeup - The range of a singers voice depends upon

Unison - Performance of a single melodic line by more than one instrument or voice

Upbeat - Unaccented pulse preceding the downbeat

Variation - Retaining some features of a musical idea whole changing others

Vivace - Lively

Were originally made of wood - Woodwind instruments are so named Bc they...