Essential Music Vocabulary Review

Essential Music Vocabulary

Review

Directions:

Identify the music vocabularyword that matches

the given definition.

Students will be called at random so everyone should be prepared to answer. Please respect your classmates right to

think and avoid blurting.

From the Italian word meaning time, this

refers to the pace or speed of the piece of

music.

Tempo

A low pitched sound or the tones in the lowest

range of a voice or instrument.

Bass

This is musical color. Each instrument or voice has its own color and

produces its own mood or emotion. Varying combinations of instruments

produce different textures and distinctive colors.

Timbre

The flow of music through time. It has several

interrelated aspects: beat, meter, accent,

syncopation, and tempo.

Rhythm

The volume or loudness of a tone.It can range from very quiet/soft

(pianissimo) to very loud (fortissimo) and contains words and symbols like

crescendo (gradually becoming louder) and decrescendo (gradually

becoming softer).

Dynamics

The part of music that we sing or play on an instrument. It is a series of notes arranged in a

particular rhythmic pattern and divided up into smaller units

called phrases. It is the horizontal structure of music.

Melody

The organization of musical elements in time. In a musical composition, pitch, tone color, dynamics, rhythm, melody, and texture interact to produce a sense of shape and structure.

Form

The part of music that combines two or more notes to produce new sounds called chords. It is the vertical structure of music.

It adds depth and texture to the piece.

Harmony

Monophonic (one melody without accompaniment), homophonic (one melody accompanied by

chords), and polyphonic (many different sounds) describe the way

sounds are combined in music.

Texture

The flow of music through time. It has several

interrelated aspects: beat, meter, accent,

syncopation, and tempo.

Rhythm

The organization of musical elements in time. In a musical composition, pitch, tone color, dynamics, rhythm, melody, and texture interact to produce a sense of shape and structure.

Form

This is musical color. Each instrument or voice has its own color and

produces its own mood or emotion. Varying combinations of instruments

produce different textures and distinctive colors.

Timbre

The part of music that combines two or more notes to produce new sounds called chords. It is the vertical structure of music.

It adds depth and texture to the piece.

Harmony

From the Italian word meaning time, this

refers to the pace or speed of the piece of

music.

Tempo

The volume or loudness of a tone.It can range from very quiet/soft

(pianissimo) to very loud (fortissimo) and contains words and symbols like

crescendo (gradually becoming louder) and decrescendo (gradually

becoming softer).

Dynamics

A low pitched sound or the tones in the lowest

range of a voice or instrument.

Bass

The part of music that we sing or play on an instrument. It is a series of notes arranged in a

particular rhythmic pattern and divided up into smaller units

called phrases. It is the horizontal structure of music.

Melody

Monophonic (one melody without accompaniment), homophonic (one melody accompanied by

chords), and polyphonic (many different sounds) describe the way

sounds are combined in music.

Texture

The flow of music through time. It has several

interrelated aspects: beat, meter, accent,

syncopation, and tempo.

Rhythm

From the Italian word meaning time, this

refers to the pace or speed of the piece of

music.

Tempo

The organization of musical elements in time. In a musical composition, pitch, tone color, dynamics, rhythm, melody, and texture interact to produce a sense of shape and structure.

Form

Monophonic (one melody without accompaniment), homophonic (one melody accompanied by

chords), and polyphonic (many different sounds) describe the way

sounds are combined in music.

Texture

A low pitched sound or the tones in the lowest

range of a voice or instrument.

Bass

The part of music that combines two or more notes to produce new sounds called chords. It is the vertical structure of music.

It adds depth and texture to the piece.

Harmony

The volume or loudness of a tone.It can range from very quiet/soft

(pianissimo) to very loud (fortissimo) and contains words and symbols like

crescendo (gradually becoming louder) and decrescendo (gradually

becoming softer).

Dynamics

The part of music that we sing or play on an instrument. It is a series of notes arranged in a

particular rhythmic pattern and divided up into smaller units

called phrases. It is the horizontal structure of music.

Melody

This is musical color. Each instrument or voice has its own color and

produces its own mood or emotion. Varying combinations of instruments

produce different textures and distinctive colors.

Timbre