Concept Of Music

Question 1

Colle Voce

Answer 1

Follows the voice (Duration)

Question 2

Polyphonic

Answer 2

Different melodies playing at once (Texture)

Question 3

Pizzicato

Answer 3

Plucking (Tone colour)

Question 4

Glissando

Answer 4

a continuous slide upwards or downwards between two notes.

Question 5

Vibrato

Answer 5

a rapid, slight variation in pitch in singing or playing some musical instruments, producing a stronger or richer tone.

Question 6

Allegro

Answer 6

at a brisk speed.

Question 7

Dissonance

Answer 7

Unstable Harmony (Pitch)

Question 8

Syncopation

Answer 8

Off Beats

Question 9

Tremolo

Answer 9

a wavering effect in a musical tone, produced either by rapid reiteration of a note, by rapid repeated slight variation in the pitch of a note, or by sounding two notes of slightly different pitches to produce prominent overtones.

Question 10

Adagio

Answer 10

slow time

Question 11

Tessitura

Answer 11

Singers comfortable range

Question 12

Legato

Answer 12

Smooth

Question 13

Monophonic

Answer 13

having a single melodic line without harmonies or melody in counterpoint.

Question 14

Accents

Answer 14

an emphasis placed on a particular note, either as a result of its context or specifically indicated by an accent mark.

Question 15

Binary Form

Answer 15

A B

Question 16

Moulation

Answer 16

Changing Key (Pitch)

Question 17

Accelerando

Answer 17

Speeding up (Duration)

Question 18

Staccato

Answer 18

with each sound or note sharply detached or separated from the others.

Question 19

Rubato

Answer 19

he temporary disregarding of strict tempo to allow an expressive quickening or slackening, usually without altering the overall pace.

Question 20

Canon

Answer 20

piece of music in which two or more voices (or instrumental parts) sing or play the same music starting at different times

Question 21

Melisma

Answer 21

a group of notes sung to one syllable of text.

Question 22

Staggered Entry

Answer 22

When instruments come in at different times throughout a piece of music

Question 23

Tonality

Answer 23

Eg. Minor, Major, Pentatonic scale (Tone Colour)

Question 24

Falsetto

Answer 24

a method of voice production used by male singers, especially tenors, to sing notes higher than their normal range.

Question 25

Forte

Answer 25

loud; strong

Question 26

Ostinato

Answer 26

a motif or phrase that persistently repeats in the same musical voice, usually at the same pitch.

Question 27

Harmony

Answer 27

the use of simultaneous pitches (tones, notes), or chords

Question 28

Fugue

Answer 28

contrapuntal compositional technique in two or more voices, built on a subject (theme) that is introduced at the beginning in imitation (repetition at different pitches) and recurs frequently in the course of the composition.

Question 29

Oblique Motion

Answer 29

One voice holds one note and another voice sings all the notes around it

Question 30

Contrary Motion

Answer 30

motion in opposite directions

Question 31

Similar Motion

Answer 31

Moving in the same direction

Question 32

Crescendo

Answer 32

a gradual increase in loudness in a piece of music.

Question 33

Diminuendo

Answer 33

a decrease in loudness in a piece of music.

Question 34

Drone

Answer 34

make a continuous low humming sound.

Question 35

Fortissimo

Answer 35

very loud or loudly.

Question 36

Performing Media

Answer 36

Instrumental

Question 37

Sonata

Answer 37

a composition for an instrumental soloist, often with a piano accompaniment, typically in several movements with one or more in sonata form.

Question 38

Improvisation

Answer 38

is the creative activity of immediate ("in the moment") musical composition, which combines performance with communication of emotions and instrumental technique as well as spontaneous response to other musicians.

Question 39

Arpeggio

Answer 39

Goes beyond the octave

Question 40

Double stop

Answer 40

2 notes played at once on the violin

Question 41

Block Chords

Answer 41

a chord or voicing built directly below the melody either on the strong beats or to create a four-part harmonized melody line in "locked-hands" rhythmic unison with the melody, as opposed to broken chords.

Question 42

Octave

Answer 42

a series of eight notes occupying the interval between (and including) two notes, one having twice or half the frequency of vibration of the other.

Question 43

Double Octave

Answer 43

Octave above or below

Question 44

Unison Octave

Answer 44

Exact Octaves played together

Question 45

Embellishment

Answer 45

musical flourishes that are not necessary to carry the overall line of the melody (or harmony), but serve instead to decorate or "ornament" that line.

Question 46

Piano

Answer 46

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Question 47

Microtones

Answer 47

the use in music of microtones—intervals smaller than a semitone, which are also called "microintervals".

Question 48

Tempo

Answer 48

describe the timing of music, or the speed at which a piece of music is played