Elements of Music

Cards (89)

  • most basic element of music?
    Melody
  • Most important element of music?
    Rhythm
  • Other term of Melody?
    Tune
  • Other term of Rhythm?
    Duration
  • linear sequence of notes?
    Melody
  • heartbeat of music?
    Rhythm
  • Highness and lowness of the sound?
    Pitch
  • two or more pitches ae performed at the same time simulteously?
    Harmony
  • other term of Harmony?
    Blend
  • overall pace of the song or speed of a beat?
    Tempo
  • thickness and thinness of the quality of the sound?
    Texture
  • other term of texture?
    Density
  • unique quality of the tone?
    Timbre
  • loudness and softness of sound?
    Dynamics
  • other term of Dynamic?
    Volume
  • basic unit of time in music?
    Beat
  • grouping of beats in a measure?
    Meter
  • short, consistently repeated pattern?
    Ortinato
  • part of the measure is found at the beginning while the remaining part of that measure is found at the end of the music?
    Broken measure
  • Bahay Kubo is an example of broken measure
  • He composed bahay kubo?
    Felipe de Leon
  • How many beats of whole note?
    4
  • How many beats of half note?
    2
  • How many beats of quarter note?
    1
  • How many beats of Eighth note?
    1/2
  • How many beats of sixteenth note?
    1/4
  • What time signature of Bahay Kubo?
    3/4 time signature
  • How many pitches in music?
    12
  • group of notes that are arranged by ascending and descending order of pitch?
    scale
  • Major Scale?
    T-T-S-T-T-T-S
  • Minor scale?
    T-S-T-T-S-T-T
  • difference in pitch which can be in the form of half steps/semitones or whole steps/tones?
    Intervals
  • sign placed before a note that either raises or lowers a note by a semitone or a tone?
    Accidentals
  • raises a pitch of a note one semitone or half step higher going to the right?
    Sharp
  • lower a pitch of a note one semitone or half step lower going to the left?
    flat
  • cancels out any sharp or flat signs?
    Natural sign
  • two different note names on the same pitch or key are known?
    enharmonic
  • a scale with 5 notes?
    pentatonic
  • seven notes in a scale?
    Diatonic
  • series of eight notes from lower to higher?
    Octave