Unit 1 Musical Elements

Distance in pitch between any 2 tones

When 2 or more melodic lines of equal interest performed simultaneously , texture is

When there is one main melody accompanied by chords, the texture is

Smooth connected style of playing a melody is

Pitches are written on a set of five horizontal lines called

The vibrations of brass instruments come from

Organization of musical ideas in time

A cadence is

Modulation refers to

The range of a singer's voice depends on

____ is a regular, recurrent pulsation that divides music into equal units of time

Gradual slowing-down of tempo is indicated by the term

Distance between lowest and highest tones a voice or instrument can produce is called

____ is an apparatus that produces a ticking sound to indicate musical speed

Musical texture refers to

A virtuoso is a performer who has

Italian dynamic markings traditionally used to indicate very soft, soft, and very loud

Woodwind instruments are so named because they

A ____ sign is used to cancel a previous sharp or flat

Simplest, most basic chord used in western music with 3 notes

Melody may be defined as

Gradual decrease in loudness

The bow string players use that is strung with

Pizzicato is an indication to the performer to

Timbre is synonymous with

____ has strings that are plucked by a set of wedges

Which one is not a percussion instrument of definite pitch

Gradual increase in loudness

Composers traditionally have used _____ words to indicate dynamics

The emotional focal point of a melody is called

A symphonic band

____ is a keyboard instrument that uses vibrating air columns to produce sound

Four main properties of musical sounds are pitch, dynamics, tone color and

In music, a sound that has a definite pitch is called a

Dynamics in music refers to

A chord is

Small pitch fluctuations caused by rocking the left hand while pressing the string down

Music can be defined as

Pitch is defined as

Element of music defined as the particular arrangement of note lengths in a piece

The term ____ refers to the rate of speed of the beat of music

Bring the printed symbols of a page of music to life is the job of the

Dynamic accent occurs in music when a performer

Musical statement followed by a contrasting statement and then return to original statement is

A progression is

A saxophone is

Staccato refers to playing or singing a melody

Harmony (in music) refers to

Flute solo without accompaniment, the texture is

Sense of relatedness to central tone