Reading...
Play button
Play button
Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
34 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
POLYPHONIC TEXTURE
|
2 OR MORE INDEPENDENT MELODIC LINES SIMULTANEOUSLY
|
|
|
SCORE
|
NOTATION SHOWIL ALL THE PARTS OF A MUSICAL ENSEMBLE, WITH A SWPERATE STAFF FOR EACH PART AND WITH SIMULTANEOUSLY SUNDED NOTES ALIGNED VERTICALLY, USED BY THE CONDUCTOR
|
|
|
SEQUENCE
|
REPETITION OF A MELODIC PATTERN ON A HIGHER OR LOWER PITCH
|
|
|
TEXTURE OR RENAISSANCE MUSIC
|
POLYPHONIC
|
|
|
CADENCE
|
RESTING PLACE AT THE END OF A PHRASE OR MELODY
|
|
|
REED
|
THIN PIECE OF CANE THAT IS SET VIBRATING BY A STREAM OF AIR
|
|
|
SCALE
|
SERIES OF PITCHES ARRANGED IN ORDER FROM LOW TO HIGH OR HIGH TO LOW
|
|
|
PIZZICATO
|
THE MUSICIAN PLUCKS THE STRING USUALLY WITH A FINGER OF THE RIGHT HAND
|
|
|
CHORALE
|
HYMN TUNE SUNG TO A GERMAN RELIGOUS TEXT
|
|
|
TEMPO
|
BASIC PACE OF THE MUSIC
|
|
|
RHYTHM
|
ORDERED FLOW OF MUSIC THROUGH THE PATTERN OF DURATIONS OF NOTES AN SILENCES IN MUSIC
|
|
|
IMITATION
|
PRESENTATION OF A MELODIC IDEA BY ONE VOICE OR INSTURMENT THAT IS IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWED BY ITS RESTATEMENT BY ANOTHER VOICE OR INSTURMENTS; AS IN A ROUND
|
|
|
METER
|
HOW BEATS ARE GROUPED
|
|
|
INTERVAL
|
DISTANCE IN PITCH BETWEEN ANY TWO TONES
|
|
|
VIBRATO
|
THROBBING EXPRESSIVE TONE
|
|
|
TEMPO
|
BASIC PACE OF MUSIC
|
|
|
PITCH
|
THE RELATIVE HIGHNESS OR LOWNESS OF A SOUND
|
|
|
MEDIEVAL COMPOSERS
|
LEONTIN PEROTIN
|
|
|
DIMINUENDO
CRESCENDO |
GRADUALLY SOFTER
GRADUALLY LOUDER |
|
|
TONIC NOTE (KEYTONE)
|
CENTRAL TONE OF A MELODY OR LONGER PIECE OF MUSIC
|
|
|
JOSQUIN
|
MASSES, MOTETS, SECULAR VOCAL MUSIC CONTEMPORARY OF COLUMBUS AND DA VINCI
|
|
|
DYNAMICS
|
DEGREES OF LOUDNESS OR SOFTNESS IN MUSIC
|
|
|
FORM
|
ORGINIZATION OF MUSICAL IDEAS IN TIME
|
|
|
MELODY
|
SERIES OF SINGLE TONES THAT ADD UP TO A RECOGNIZABLE WHOLE
|
|
|
EMBROCHURE
|
POSITIONING OF THE FACIAL MUSCLES TO PLAY AN INSTRUMENT
|
|
|
MOTET
|
POLYPHONIC CHORAL WORK SET TO A SACRED LATIN TEXT OTHER THAN HAT OF THE MASS
|
|
|
MONOPHONIC TEXTURE
|
ONE MELODIC LINE WITH NO ACCOMPANIMENT OR OTHER MELODIC LINES
|
|
|
CONSONANT
DISSONANT |
TONE COMBINATION THAT IS STABLE AND RESTFUL
TONE COMBINATION THAT IS UNSTABLE AND TENSE |
|
|
CHANT
|
MELODIES SET TO SACRED LATIN TEXTS SUNG WITHOUT ACCOMPANIMENT
|
|
|
TIMBRE (TONE COLOR)
|
QUALITY OF SOUND THAT DISTINGUISHES ONE INSTRUMENT OR VOICE FROM ANOTHER
|
|
|
ACCENT
|
EMPHASIS OF A NOTE WHICH MAY RESULT FROM ITS BEING LOUDER, LONGER OR HIGHER IN PITCH THAT THE NOTES NEAR IT
|
|
|
TONIC CHORD
|
TRIAD BUILT ON THE FIRST, OR TONIC NOTE OF THE SCALE, SERVING AS THE MAINCHORD OF A PIECE AND USUALLY BEGINNING AND ENDING IT
|
|
|
CHORD
|
COMBINATION OF THREE OR MORE TONES SOUNDED AT ONCE
|
|
|
MADRIGAL
|
COMPOSITION FOR SEVERAL VOICES SET TO A SHORT SECULAR POEM USUALLY ABOUT LOVE AND USALLY IN ITALIAN
|
