Chapter 2

Question 1

What is Rhythm?

Answer 1

Durations of sound and silences. Pattern of long and short sounds as you move through the song.

Question 2

What is Pulse?

Answer 2

Steady beat.

Question 3

What is a beat?

Answer 3

A regular recurrent pulsation that divides music into equal units of time. Basic unit of time.

Question 4

What is a Meter?

Answer 4

Organization of beats into regular groups.

Question 5

What is a Measure?

Answer 5

A group of notes, that has length specified by the time signature.

Question 6

What is the Downbeat?

Answer 6

The first stressed beat.

Question 7

What are the types of Meters?

Answer 7

-Duple Meter
-Triple Meter
-Quadruple Meter
-Sextuple Meter

Question 8

What is Accent?

Answer 8

A note is emphasized, stressed, stronger. An attack is placed on a particular note.

Question 9

What is Syncopation?

Answer 9

Placement of rhythmic stresses or accents on non-important Beas, where they normally wouldn’t occur.

Question 10

What is Tempo?

Answer 10

The speed of the beat

Question 11

What is Largo tempo?

Answer 11

Very slow, broad

Question 12

What is Grave tempo?

Answer 12

Very slow, solemn

Question 13

What is Adagio Tempo?

Answer 13

Slow

Question 14

What is Andante tempo?

Answer 14

Moderately slow, walking pace

Question 15

What is Moderato tempo?

Answer 15

Moderate

Question 16

What is Allegretto tempo?

Answer 16

Moderately fast

Question 17

What is Allegro tempo?

Answer 17

Fast

Question 18

What is Vivace tempo?

Answer 18

Lively

Question 19

What is Presto tempo?

Answer 19

Very fast

Question 20

What is Prestissimo tempo?

Answer 20

As fast as possible

Question 21

Things needed to notate Pitch

Answer 21

-Staff
-Ledger line
-Sharp & Flat signs
-Treble and Bass clefs
-Grand Staff

Question 22

What is Music Notation?

Answer 22

A system of writing music o specific pitches and rhythms can be communicated

Question 23

What is needed to notate Rhythm?

Answer 23

-Whole notes
-Half notes
-Quarter notes
-Eight notes

Question 24

What are rests?

Answer 24

Silences, pauses

Question 25

What is Melody?

Answer 25

Series of single tones that add up to a recognizable whole

Question 26

What is a Legato?

Answer 26

A smooth or connected style

Question 27

What is Staccato?

Answer 27

Short, detached manner

Question 28

What is a Phrase?

Answer 28

A sentence in music. A musical segment that can be sung on one breath and ends at point of full or partial set.

Question 29

What is Cadence?

Answer 29

A point of arrival

Question 30

What is Sequence?

Answer 30

A restatement of a melodic line passage at a higher or lower pitch.

Question 31

What is Word Painting?

Answer 31

Musical representation of specific poetic images.

Question 32

What is Harmony?

Answer 32

A combination of three or more tones at the same time.

Question 33

What is Consonance?

Answer 33

A point of arrival, rest, resolution.

Question 34

What is Dissonance?

Answer 34

Unstable. Tension deans a motion to a stable chord.

Question 35

What is a Key?

Answer 35

A central note, scale, chord within a piece of music.

Question 36

What is a Major Scale?

Answer 36

A happy and positive expression W-W-H-W-W-W-H

Question 37

What is a Minor Scale?

Answer 37

Negative expression W-H-W-W-H-W-W

Question 38

What is a Key Signature?

Answer 38

A musical notation, arrangement of sharps and flats.

Question 39

What is Modulation?

Answer 39

Shift from one key to another key within tonal center.

Question 40

What is Musical Texture?

Answer 40

How many different layers of music combined to produce the sound

Question 41

Types of Musical Texture

Answer 41

-Monophonic -Homophonic -Polyphonic

Question 42

What is Monophonic texture?

Answer 42

One sound without accompaniment

Question 43

What is Monophonic texture?

Answer 43

One main melody accompanied by chords

Question 44

What is Polyphonic texture?

Answer 44

-Many sound -Two or more melodic lines singing and playing simultaneously

Question 45

What is the Musical Form?

Answer 45

The structure of the Music

Question 46

What are the types of Musical Form?

Answer 46

-Binary -Ternary

Question 47

What is the Binary form?

Answer 47

A: Statement B: New, contrasting material

Question 48

What is the Ternary form?

Answer 48

A: Statement B: New contrasting material A’: Return to A

Question 49

What are Musical Styles?

Answer 49

A characteristic way of using melody, rhythm, tone, color, dynamics, harmony, texture and form.

Question 50

Mention the Musical Styles

Answer 50

-Middle Ages (450-1450) -Renaissance (1450-1600) -Baroque (1600-1750) -Classical (1750-1820) -Romantic (1820-1900) -Twentieth century to 1945 -1945 to Present