Year 8 Music Exam Flashcards
(31 cards)
Duration
Length of sounds and silences in music
Dynamics and expressive techniques
How loud or soft the music is or how the instrument is being played
Texture
layers of sound
Tone colour
The quality of the sound
Pitch
highness/lowness of the note(s)
List 5 things in duration
Beat - Strong - Weak Metre - Time signatures 4/4 3/3 Rhythm - Rhythmic ostinato - Syncopation - Melodic ostinato - Accent - Polyrhythm Tempo - Fast, slow, etc. - Getting faster/slower
List 5 things in pitch
Tonality - Major scale - happy - Minor scale - sad Melody - Countermelody - melodic contour - Range - Vocal melisma Harmony - Broken cords - Block cords
List 2 things in dynamics
Dynamics
- Very soft - Very loud
- getting soft/loud
List 5 things in Expressive Techniques
Stylistic indications - legato Articulation - Staccato - Accent Techniques - Vibrato - Strumming - Picking - Falsetto (male) - Scat - Accent
List 7 things in tone colour
Types of sound - Acoustic - Electronic - Synthesized Preforming media/sound sources - Strings - Woodwind - Brass - Percussion Vocal sounds - Female - Male - Choir - Opera - Acapella Bands - Jazz - Rock - Orchestra - Pop band Descriptions of tone colour - Airy - Harsh - Deep - Pure - Resonant - Metallic etc.
List 5 things in texture
Roles - Melodic - Harmonic - Rhythmic Thickness - Loud/many instruments - Soft/few instruments Phonic - Monophonic - Homophonic - Polyphonic
Where does HOMOPHONIC belong
Texture
Where does THICKNESS belong
Texture
Where does HARMONIC belong
Texture
Where does CALM, CLEAN belong
Tone colour
Where does ACOUSTIC belong
Tone colour
Where does SYNTHESIZED belong
Tone colour
Where does VIBRATO belong
Expressive techniques
Where does STACCATO belong
Expressive techniques
Where does FALSETO belong
Expressive techniques
Where does BROKEN CORDS belong
Pitch
Where does VOCAL MELISMA belong
Pitch
where does RANGE belong
Pitch
Where does MINOR CORDS belong
Pitch
