Essential Music Vocabulary Review
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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
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