Ch. 3 The Elements of Music Flashcards
(42 cards)
Pitch
How high or low a musical not is.
The Clef Sign
Symbol designates pitches on the staff and tells us whether the basic range is low or high.
Tie
Curved line connecting notes, they will be heard as one note.
Measure (Bar)
A single vertical line appearing at regular intervals along the staff
Time Signature
Tells how many beats (top number) and what types of notes receive a beat (bottom number).
Melody
A succession of pitches heard as a unit
Tune
When a unit is easily recognizable, memorable.
Described as tuneful.
Range
Distance between highest and lowest notes
Intervals
Distance between one pitch and the next
Disjunct
Melody contains significant number of large intervals
Conjunct
When a melody contains smaller intervals
Phrases
Rests that allow singer a break to breath, defines melodic units
Cadence
The ends of a phrase
Open Cadence
Ending that seem incomplete, like commas or question marks
Closed Cadance
Ending that seem complete, like periods or exclamation marks.
Lyrical
Melodies played by instruments that mimic a vocal style of limited range, conjunct movement and regular reoccurring phrases.
Motive
A small melodic idea that can serve as part of a larger melody, or stand on its own.
Theme
Melody that is reoccurring within a work
Texture
Relationship of a melodic line to other musical material in a given passage.
Homophonic
A single dominant melody with accompaniment or music with no dominant tune.
Monophonic
Presentation of a single melodic line without any musical material.
Contrapuntal
Counter Point
The presence of two or more equal melodies.
Imitation
When the melodies are counter point and similar to each other.
Fugue
The development of one or more themes in imitative counterpoint, full length fugues are rare.
