World Music Ch. 1

The Simultaneous use of different rhythmic patterns.

Music without a steady pulse.

The overall structure of how a piece of music is organized

The pace or speed of music

Music created spontaneously in performance.

An instrument who's sound is produced by the instrument itself.

The quality of sound that distinguishes one voice or instrument from another: tone quality.

Single melody with accompaniment.

Combination of pitches that sound discordant or unpleasant.

All sounds that can be heard in a particular place.

In Music, beats are organized into regular groups; also known as time signature.

Instruments that use air to produce vibrations

Tangible objects produced by humans.

Accented notes or rhythms played between beats.

Instruments that use vibrating strings to produce sound

Two or more melodic lines combined into a multi voiced texture.

A group's total involvement with music.

Describes how notes or pitches sound together.

A texture with a single line melody without accompaniment.

An ordered arrangement of pitches used for a musical performance.

The regular pulse dividing musicical time into equal segments.

The highness or lowness of a musical sound based on its frequency.

a single voice states a melodic phrase; a group follows with a responding or completing phrase

The tune in music

A short melodic or rhythmic pattern that is repeated throughout a section or entire piece.

The study of people making music

Two or more voices elaborating the same melody in different ways at roughly the same time.

The distance between any two pitches.

3 or more notes sounding together.

Interval spanning 8 notes in the major scale.

A stock of ready musical performances.

Drum instruments made with animal skins or synthetic equivalents.