A perfect or minor interval that is made a half-step smaller
Augmented Interval
Diminished Interval
Chromatic Interval
An perfect or Major interval that is made a half step larger
Augmented Interval
Diminished Interval
Chromatic Interval
A scale that uses all 12 tones within an octave
Chromatic Scale
Major Scale
Minor Scale
Moving in half-steps
Augmented
Diminished
Chromatic
Produced when a combination of notes give the feeling of rest.
Consonance
Dissonance
Diatonic
A harmonious or satisfying arrangement of a piece.
Balance
Diatonic
Augmented
Within the whole and half tone system of major and minor scales
Chromatic
Diatonic
Enharmonic
A pattern of pitches arranged by whole steps and half steps
Enharmonic
Chromatic
Scale
A combination of two or more tones that create tension and must be "resolved" with standard chords (ones that are expected or pleasant to the ear)
Consonance
Dissonance
Diatonic
The first tone of a chord or scale.
Octave
Tonic
Diatonic
The distance from one pitch to the same letter name; 12 half steps or 8 notes apart
Octave
Tonic
Diatonic
A symbol (8va) that, placed above a pitch, directs that it be performed an octave higher than written.
Articulation Marking
Ottava Sign
Tonic
The combination or mixing of voices so that no single voice is distinguishable from the group sound
blend
trio
Sextet
The ability to direct the breathing mechanism to provide a well regulated supply of air to the vocal chords
placement
Breath control
resonance
A song that can be sung independently, but fits well when sung with another song, and creates pleasant harmony
Nonet
Trio
Partner-Song
The degree of clarity and distinctness of pronunciation and articulation in singing
Diction
Blend
Tutti
To create music spontaneously
Improvise
arrange
compose
Three performers, performing three different parts
Nonet
Trio
Sextet
A collection of music that the student has learned and is prepared to demonstrate
Aria
Musical period in Western history from 500 – 1400
Medieval Period
Renaissance Period
Classical Period
The historic period in music approximately between 1600 and 1750. The music of the this period tended to be highly ornamented and sometimes elaborate
Classical Period
Baroque Period
Romantic Period
The musical period in Western history beginning around 1750 and ending around 1820
Classical Period
Baroque Period
Romantic Period
The musical period in Western Music beginning in the 1900’s until today
Classical Period
Contemporary Period
Romantic Period
The historical period in Western Music from 1830 to 1920
Classical Period
Contemporary Period
Romantic Period
A note that receives a quarter beat of sound in 4/4 time
Cut Time
Sixteenth Note
Sixteenth Rest
A rest that receive a quarter beat of silence in 4/4 time
Cut Time
Sixteenth Note
Sixteenth Rest
An alternative way of identifying a time signature representing 2 beats in a measure where the half note receives the beat
Cut Time
Down Beat
Anacrusis
Beat one of a measure
Anacrusis
Down Beat
Hemiola
An upbeat or pickup
Anacrusis
Down Beat
Hemiola
The change of rhythmic feeling within a composition. The relationship usually is 3 to 2
Anacrusis
"Between beats" where the emphasis does not fall on the expected beat of 1, 2, 3, or 4, but between them. Characteristic of jazz and some rock music
Cut time
Hemiola
Syncopation
A dance in moderate ¾ time
Swing
Waltz
Canon
Three part form ABA
Binary
Ternary
Canon
The term used for the way the parts of a piece of music are assembled. (verse/refrain; ABA; Rondo; mass; symphony, etc.)
Divisi
Form
Ternary
When one group (or leader) "calls" and the other group "responds", usually by echoing what the first did it
Call and Response
Parallel Motion
Contrary Motion
The strictest form of musical imitation, where one part begins, and the other part begins later the exact same line (much like a ROUND)
Binary
Ternary
Canon
A form in music consisting of two parts
Binary
Ternary
Canon
Movement of two parts when the interval separating them remains the same
Call and Response
Contrary Motion
Parallel Motion
Two melodies of musical lines going in opposite directions
Call and Response
Contrary Motion
Parallel Motion
Directions to a performer typically through symbols and icons on a musical score that indicate characteristics of the attack, duration, and decay (or envelope) of a given note Hemiola
Divisi
Articulation Markings
Indicates that a large group is divided into two smaller groups.
Binary
Divisi
Ternary
Changing a phrase or composition to a key other than the one in which the piece in which the piece is written
transpose
Texture
Call and response
The "thickness" of harmony (how many interwoven parts)
Binary
Ternary
Texture
A symbol that looks like an archer's bow (also called curved brackets) that are used to connect two or more different staves in a musical score into a system Articulation Marking
Hemiola
Brace
An obbligato part, or second melody, that is above the main melody
Call and response
Divisi
Descant
The ability of a person to identify a musical sound by name without any previous pitch being sounded; also called perfect pitch
Articulation
Absolute Pitch
Texture
The character or quality of a sound that distinguishes one voice from another
Timbre
Descant
Canon
Unique qualities that characterize and identify the variety of types of music available (country, classical, jazz, rock, folk, gospel, bluegrass)
Texture