World of Music Chapters 1-4

A flexible pulse – not restricted by a steadybeat, contributes to a highly expressive style

Technique in which a singer sings many notes for only one word or syllable

The passing down of music by word of mouth from one generation to the next.

Succession of musical tones, usually of varying pitch and rhythm, that has identifiable shape

Any system of written symbols that instructs a performer how to play a piece of music.

A stress or emphasis on a particular tone

Vocal music without instrumental accompaniment

Technique in which a leader would sing one musical line at a time and the congregation repeats

Sheet music publisher, music book author, film music supervisor, music critic are part of this:

Oscillating variation of pitch that enhances atone, providing richness and warmth

The hymnbook where settings of psalm settings were published, with words only, or hymn tunes.

Smallest grouping of notes that has an identifiable character

A complete or relatively complete musical idea

Type of folk songs which uses rhythm, pace, and spirit to make long hours of labor bearable

The shape or structure of a musical piece

The density of sound; the number of simultaneously sounded lines.

A category of music, such as a symphony, hymn, ballad, mass, march and opera. 

Type of folk songs that is short, simple, easy to remember, and serves a unique function

Folk songs which encourages change in society and politics; emerged in 1800s, peaked in 1960s.

Four part hymn with a short middle fugal section in which each voice enters at a different time

In a band, chorus, or orchestra, the primary interpreter of a musical work is the 

Pitches heard simultaneously in ways that produce chords and chord progressions

Type of folk song which promotes a cause: union goal, political candidate, or patriotic event

Type of folk songs that focuses on emotion and mood, with little focus on action or drama

Scholar of music in culture; researches the music of a culture, writes about it, and teaches it

Guitar player, tour manager, music agent, recording engineer, copyright attorney are part of:

This field is an example of how music can serve a functional purpose rather than aesthetic one

Musical tension that is resolved with this, which offers stability and repose.

The characteristic quality of the sound of a voice or instrument.

Jingle composer, commercial producer are part of this music business category

The science of sound 

Folk music that is instrumental and, in the European American tradition, features the fiddle

Kind of musical tension is created by sounds that are unstable and uncomfortable

Folk music which originated in the British Isles, is strophic in form, and tells a story

CD distributor, instrument maker, album designer, record label producer are part of this:

The rate of speed in which music is performed

Music that combines psalm tunes, music of European classical composers, traditional folk hymns

Organization that promotes sophisticated, lush arrangements of Christian music, in pop style

Method in which each pitch in the hymnal is written in staff notation with distinctive shape