a succession of single notes that make some type of musical sense

highness or lowness of a note/tone

distance with a wide, narrow, or medium distance between highest and lowest notes

units that make up a melody

where the phrase end in a resting place

the pattern of regular or irregular pulses caused in music by the occurrence of strong and weak melodic and harmonic beats

organization of rhythm in time; the grouping of beats into larger, regular patterns, noted as measures

accent every 2 beats

accent every 3 beats

rhythmic group of metrical unit that contains a fixed number of beats, divided on the musical staff by bar lines

disruption of the regular flow of beats

describes the simultaneous events in music

3 or more pitches sounding at the same time

notes in chords belong to a scale

a scale that has exactly 7 different notes in it

refers to all 12 different notes which are found in Western culture music

8 notes away

most common chord-consisting of three pitches based on alternate tones of a scale

first note in a scale

A system or an arrangement of seven tones built on a tonic key

sound pleasant to the ears

sound not so pleasant to the ears

melodic lines

simplest of texture- 'one voice' could be many voices singing the same melody

many sounds

a strictly imitative work

one melodic voice, others just accompany it

the organizing principle in music , basic elements are, repetition,contrast, and variation

two part form, is based on a statement and a departure without a return to the opening section

three part form, extends the idea of statement and departure, like binary but returns to first section after the second

one principal of form that falls between repetition and contrast

creation of a musical work, or the final form of one, as it is being performed

The musical material on which part or all of a work is based; usually the term implies a recognizable melody

a melody or motive can be restated at a higher or lower pitch level

when a melodic idea is used as a building block in the construction of a theme

a short, repeated musical pattern

Term applied to any portion of a musical work sufficiently complete in itself to be regarded as an entity

gravo (slower) > largo > adagio (slow) > andante > moderato (fast) > allegro > vivace > presto (fastest)

is the rate of, speed, or pace of music

A device used to mark time by means of regularly recurring ticks or flashes at adjustable intervals.

loudness or softness of music

very soft

very loud

get louder

get softer

soft

loud

‘Diminishing’: an instruction to become quieter

tone color

pitch (frequency), duration, volume (dynamics), timbre (tone color)

treble clef

bass clef

staff

fermata

crescendo

decrescendo

specific time

sharp

flat

natural

metronome mark

bar line

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