Exam 1 Terms
Music 152 with Larsen, Arved at Illinois State University
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Textbook:
Crossroads in Music: Traditions and Connections
Created: 2009-01-19
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Laissez-faire
all styles have a vote and all have freedom to interact with other styles
music
sound organized in time
rhythm
temporal organization of sounds in music
tempo
spped of beats
meter
beats grouped into regularly recurring patterns
measure
groupings of beats make up recurring pattern
compound meter
simultaneous perception of two different levels
irregular/asymmetric meter
grouping twos & threes in an irregular fashion
flexible/unmetered rhythm
stress patterns of words/by dance movement
polyrhythm
simultaneous sounding of more than one rhythm or meter
mbira
instrument w/ metal strips of different lengths fastened to wooden resonator "thumb piano"
syncopation
rhythms contradicting the underlying metric pulse, often by not lining up with the "strong" pulses that create meter
colotomic structure
entrance of certain instruments mark off progress of the piece
melody
succession of musical tones organized in a meaningful fashion
pitch
highness or lowness of sound
scales
sequences of pitches
major scale
all white notes on keyboard from one C nore to next
tonic
main note of melody
minor scale
"natural" whit keys or piano from a to a
melodic contour
characteristic linear pattern or shape
Notes are put together 3 ways
1. repeated
2. skipped to and from
3. changing direction
2. skipped to and from
3. changing direction
range
distance from the highest note to the lowest note
step
to an adjacent note in the scale "Twinkle Twinkle"
"Conjuct"
"Conjuct"
skip
movement that omits one or more notes in the scale "Here Comes the Bride"
"disjunct"
"disjunct"
musical notation
graphs, every line and every space between lines
pentatonic scale
scale to five pitches from 7 yields
chromatic scale
made of every pitch (black and white)
whole-tone scale
uses every other pitch (black and white)
theme
melody serves primary horizontal building material for piece of music
form
how all elements of music contribute to an overall musical shape or structure
countermelody
melody that is of secondary importance to primary melody
harmony
produced whenever 2+ pitches sound at same time
organum
earliest harmony used in Catholic Church-melody accompanied by a second part or second melody that moves parallel to it at a specified interval
Interval
distance in pitch between 2 notes sounded together or one after the other
polyphony
2+ parts sounding together
chord
3+ notes sounded together
triad
most common chord 3 different notes -use every other letter
seventh chord
2nd most common, 4 different notes (jazz music)
chord progression
dif. chords systematically follow eachother in a piece of music ex) 12 bar blues
apreggio
play pitches of chords up and down in a sequence
key
series of notes that have certain functions in relation to one another
tonic chord
1st note of scale
four (IV)
subdominant, triad, jazz characteristic "blue note" added to IV making 7th chord F-A-C-E
five (V)
dominant, have 7th added
tonality
sensation of particular chord being "home" and other chords functioning in relation to that chord
modulation
process of key change
dissonance
sounds (intervals/chords) "unpleasing" to our ears
consonance
pleasing sounds
atonal music
no note/chord felt like home
dodecaptonic
12 tone all 12 notes, black and white equally used
About this deck
By: Kelly Filip
Textbook: Crossroads in Music: Traditions and Connections
Created: 2009-01-19
Size: 50 flashcards
Views: 32
Textbook:
Crossroads in Music: Traditions and ConnectionsCreated: 2009-01-19
Size: 50 flashcards
Views: 32
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