K-12 music curriculum glossary a aba
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A ABA- a common musical form in which the first part and the third part are the same and the middle part is different and provides contrast Abstract- form that goes beyond the boundaries of traditional form and may be less symmetrical or balanced Accents – emphasis on one pitch or chord (<) Accidental - a symbol used to raise or lower a pitch; may be used to cancel a previous sign Active Listening- listening while engaged in some way with the music (ie…keeping the steady beat)
Aerophones - instruments whose sound source is vibrating air Alto – low-pitched female voice Andante - moderately slow, walking tempo Arpeggio – broken chords in which notes are played in consecutive order Arranger - one who organizes music by assigning parts to different instruments or voices Articulation - the manner in which notes are joined in succession (staccato, legato, slur) Assessment - evaluation Atonal - music that goes beyond the boundaries of traditional harmonic and melodic concepts B Bar lines - a line drawn vertically through one or more staves to mark off a measure Baritone - low male voice between tenor and bass Bass – low-pitched male voice Bass Clef or F Clef – the sign at the beginning of the staff that indicates where F is located Bass Staff – the lower staff of the grand staff; the part of the staff that contains notes for low voices or instruments to sing or play or for the pianists’ left hand to play Beat - rhythmic units in music Block chords - chords played in such a way that all pitches are sounded simultaneously Blue notes - in African American music or jazz, the lowered third, seventh, and fifth scale degrees Breathing - the act of breaking to support phrasing and to take in air while singing or playing C Chest voice - the voice’s lower register Chords - 3 or more pitches in a scale that are played or sung simultaneously Classroom instruments – may be pitched or unpitched; term includes such instruments as recorder, autoharp, guitar, electronic keyboard, piano, Orff barred instruments, and miscellaneous non-pitched percussion instruments
located on the staff’s lines and spaces Chordophones - instruments whose sound source is a vibrating string or strings Choreography - organized patterns of dance moves to music Coda - a concluding passage that occurs after the structural conclusion Coda sign Composer - one who creates a musical work Concrete - forms that are common and balanced Consonance - frequencies or pitches that sound pleasing to the ear Contour - shape of the phrase or melodic line Cooperative learning – collaborative work with others in pairs or small groups Corpophones - the body as an instrument, using its own sound producers Countertenor - a male alto who sings falsetto D Damper Pedal - on the piano, a sustaining pedal located to the far right of the three pedals Damper Pedal Marking – a bracket in the piano part to indicate when the damper pedal should be depressed Dance forms and styles – waltz, swing DC al Fine (Da Capo al Fine) - indication that the piece is to be repeated from the beginning to the end
Diction - the clarity and distinctness in pronouncing and singing texts in multiple languages Dissonance - frequencies or pitches that clash Double bar lines - two parallel lines drawn vertically through a staff to indicate the end of the composition or a section of a composition DS al Fine (Dal Segno al Fine) - indication that a piece should be repeated from the place marked with the Dal Segno Sign to the end Dynamic markings - terms, abbreviations, and symbols used to indicate degrees of volume Dynamics - loud and soft in music and variations in between. (ie… P, f, ff, mf, <, >) Duet - a composition for 2 performers; a performance by two performers Duration - the time that a sound lasts E Eighth note - Eighth rest - Electrophones - instruments whose sound source is electricity Ensemble - a group of performers who work together F Flats - a symbol that indicates lowering of the pitch of a note by a half step Folk Instruments - ie.… banjo, dulcimer, ukulele, washboard, autoharp, recorder, etc… Form - the shape of a musical composition as defined by all of its pitches, rhythms, dynamics, and timbres Fundamental - the lowest frequency or tone in the harmonic series G Genres (ie…. opera, musical theatre, symphony, concerto, spiritual, etc…) Grand Staff – the entire set of lines and spaces for musical notation that includes all clefs Guided Listening - listening with an idea in mind; listening for something specific in music H Half note - Half rest - Harmonic interval – two pitches a certain distance apart that are played at the same time Harmony - pitches sounded simultaneously Head Voice - the voice’s higher register Headset – equipment to wear over the ears for the purpose of hearing sound in isolation from Surrounding sounds I Idiophones - instruments made of various materials whose sound source is the vibration of the instruments themselves as they are struck shaken, scraped, or tapped Instrument families of the band and orchestra - strings, percussion, brass, woodwinds, electronic Interval – the relationship of 2 pitches measured by the distance between them Intonation - the degree of accuracy with which pitches are produced Inversions - moving the bass note, or the bass and third note, out of root position J Keyboard - the set of levers in pianos, organs, harpsichords, and similar instruments; an electronic instrument similar to the piano Key Signature – and indicator of which notes are to be performed with a flat or sharp throughout a piece of music L Largo - very slow Left hand C-position – left pinky on C on the piano Legato - played smoothly with little or no separation between notes M Major Key - Measure - unit of musical time consisting of a fixed number of beats Melodic Interval - relationship between 2 pitches played separately and sequentially Melody - an organized succession of single pitches Membranophones - instruments whose sounds source is a vibrating skin or membrane Meter – organization of beat patterns with time signature indicators Minor Key Moderato - moderate tempo Modes - variations on the major/minor scales, where the sequence of whole steps/half steps are adjusted for a specific melodic line Music – sound and silence Musical alphabet – a, b, c, d, e, f, g N Natural signs - sign used to cancel a previous sharp or flat No beat - absence of rhythmic units in music Note head Note Values O Organizers (Twelve-tone technique) P Patterns - a group of notes or rhythms that is imitated Phrases - unit of musical syntax, usually forming part of a larger period Piano - soft Pitch - the perceived highness or lowness of a sound, or its frequency Portfolio - a portable case for holding loose papers Posture - position of the body Practice - repeated performance of an activity in order to acquire or perfect a skill Q Quarter note Quarter rest R Right hand C-position – right thumb on middle C Rondo - a musical form in which the A section repeats between two or more contrasting sections (ABACADA) Recorder - end-blown flute used from middle ages through Baroque Repeat Sign - indicates to play a passage again Rest - a span of time in which there is silence Rhythm - organization of time in music; a pattern of long and short sounds and silences Ritardando - slowing down gradually S Scales - collection of pitches arranged in order from lowest to highest or highest to lowest Scoring Rubric – developed both by students and teachers Sharps - indicates to raise a pitch by a half step Slurs - curved line placed above two or more notes indicating that they should be played legato Solo - A work for a single instrument Soprano – high-pitched female voice Staccato - indicates that notes should be played detached from one another Staff - group of horizontal lines on which notes are placed in such a way as to indicate pitch Steady Beat - the steady pulse heard in most music Stem - the vertical stem attached to a note head Style - modes of expression or performance Syncopation - momentary contradiction of the prevailing meter or pulse T Tenor – high-pitched male voice Theme and Variations - a changed version of a theme or melody Tied notes - two notes connected with a curved line indicating that the second note is not to be played
Timbre - tone color; unique sound or character of a voice or instrument Time Periods Time Signature Tonal - music based on traditional western theory (harmony, melody) Tonality – a system of organizing pitch in which a single pitch is made central Treble clef or G clef Treble Staff V Video and Audio Recordings Vowel formation W Whole note Whole rest - Directory: UserFiles -> Servers Servers -> Class Schedule Credit Class Schedule Servers -> Note: Please look through resources very carefully. This is a controversial issue so some sources may have bias. Check carefully for the expertise or background of the writer or contributor Servers -> Ap united states history mr. Storrs – Room 306 2009-2010 text Servers -> Ww-p summer Reading List Grades 4-5 2014 Servers -> Delran township board of education school board agenda Servers -> Clinton-Graceville-Beardsley Schools Course Syllabus Servers -> Prescott and Russell jp st. Pierre Award Servers -> West Babylon Junior High School 200 Old Farmingdale Road Servers -> Ap computer Science A Download 24.94 Kb. Share with your friends:
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