Final Flashcards
(36 cards)
Melody
A line or tune in music
Rhythm
What moves music forward in time
Meter
Organizes Bears (duple, triple, quadruple)
each beat divided into two
dissonance
Unstable or distorted combinations of music
Polyphony
two or more voices
Consonance
Producing stable sounds
Monophony
Single voice
Form
Organizing principle in music
Binary Form
Two parts (a-B) B sounds different
Ternary form
three parts ABA
Ostinato
Repetition of short melodic lines
Tempo
Rate of speed for music
Dynamics
Volume of music
Secular
Non-religious music
Sacred
REligious music
Aerophones
Needs air to create sound
Chordophones
strings ( violins, guitars)
Membranophones
Drums
Idiophones
Stike/hit/shake
Strings
Guitar harp banjo
Woodwinds
Flutes Clarinet saxophones
brass
trumpet french horn
a cappella
voice only
string quartet
two violins