midterm

Question 1

Rhythm

Answer 1

The flow of music, which can be slow or fast, even or uneven, and it is usually what you feel from the piece.

Question 2

Beat

Answer 2

The foundation of any composition, it is the pulse that carries the song through time from the beginning to the end.

Question 3

Meter

Answer 3

A grouping of beats by accent, which are usually expressed in duple or triple.

Question 4

Tempo

Answer 4

The speed of the beat.

Question 5

Ostinato

Answer 5

A short repeated pattern, which can be done with rhythm and or melody.

Question 6

Internalizing the beat

Answer 6

Feeling, but not performing any beat gesture-also called inner hearing.

Question 7

Methods of sound production

Answer 7

Striking
Scraping
Shaking
Blowing
Plucking

Question 8

Factors that affect tone color

Answer 8

Size of instrument
Shape of instrument
Density of instrument

Question 9

Dynamics

Answer 9

The music term for volume

Question 10

Piano

Answer 10

Soft\quiet

Question 11

Forte

Answer 11

Loud

Question 12

Mezzo

Answer 12

Moderately

Question 13

Terraced dynamics

Answer 13

Performing at one dynamic level then abruptly changing to another

Question 14

Crescendo

Answer 14

Gradual change from quiet to loud

Question 15

Decrescendo\diminuendo

Answer 15

Gradual change from loud to quiet

Question 16

Pitch

Answer 16

The music word for relative highness or lowness of a sound

Question 17

Round

Answer 17

One group begins singing\playing, then at least one other group enters, singing\playing from the beginning of the song while the first groups continues

Question 18

Staff

Answer 18

Provides a means of providing specific pitches-comprised of five lines and four spaces

Question 19

Form

Answer 19

References the overall structure of a piece of music the organization of the other components such as pitch, rhythm, dynamics, and tone color

Question 20

Verses or stanzas

Answer 20

Different words sung to a repeated melody

Question 21

Phrases

Answer 21

Musically complete portions of a verse

Question 22

Binary form

Answer 22

A form with two contrasting sections

Question 23

Ternary form

Answer 23

A form with three sections in which the first and last are the same

Question 24

Rondo

Answer 24

A five sections piece developed by extending the ternary form; have refrains

Question 25

Introduction

Answer 25

A preparatory segment by extending the ternary form

Question 26

Interlude

Answer 26

A mid piece link

Question 27

Coda

Answer 27

An extending ending