Music appreciation chapters 1-11 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS| GRADED A

Music appreciation chapters 1-11 Melody Correct Answer: Tune (group of notes in succession perceived as a whole note) Range Correct Answer: Lowest to highest note (distance between) Contour Correct Answer: Shape of melody Interval Correct Answer: Distance between 2 notes (or pitches) Conjunct Correct Answer: Connected intervals Disjunct Correct Answer: Disconnected intervals Phrase Correct Answer: Unit of melody in a large structure Countermelody Correct Answer: Against the melody Rhythm Correct Answer: Movement of music in time. Propels the music forward Beat Correct Answer: Unit of rhythm (or time) Duple meter Correct Answer: 2 (ONE two, ONE two) Triple meter Correct Answer: 3 (ONE two three, ONE two three) Quadruple meter Correct Answer: 4 (ONE two three four, ONE two three four) Harmony Correct Answer: Simultaneous combination of sound. More than one sound together Chord Correct Answer: At least 3 notes. Are sounded together Triad Correct Answer: Combination of 3 notes Scale Correct Answer: Sequence of pitches. Series of ascending or descending notes that comprise of a particular key Tonic Correct Answer: First note of a scale. Home base of the scale Tonality Correct Answer: The principle of organization around the tonic Consonance Correct Answer: The notes or harmony sound pleasing Dissonance Correct Answer: The notes or harmony sound unpleasing Octave Correct Answer: Interval spanning 8 notes of the scale Half step Correct Answer: Smallest interval. One note to the next Chromatic scale Correct Answer: All 12 notes from one octave to next Sharp (#) Correct Answer: Raises note a half-step Flat (like a b) Correct Answer: Lowers note a half-step C major Correct Answer: CDEFGAB(C) C minor Correct Answer: CDEbFGAbBb(C) Whole step Correct Answer: Two half steps Texture Correct Answer: Interweaving of the melodic lines with harmony Monophonic Correct Answer: One voice or sound, one line of music Polyphonic Correct Answer: 2 or more melodic line Homophony Correct Answer: Melody with harmonic accompaniment. Same rhythm (homorhythmic) Canon Correct Answer: A strictly imitative piece of music Round Correct Answer: Perpetual canon in which each voice enters separately and can be repeated endlessly (row row row your boat) Form Correct Answer: Organization principle of music Strophic form Correct Answer: Same melody repeated; Different text (lyrics) Improvisation Correct Answer: Composing spontaneously in the piece Binary form Correct Answer: AB Ternary Correct Answer: ABA Tempo Correct Answer: The rate of speed of music Different speeds of tempo (from slowest to quickest) Correct Answer: Grave, largo, adagio, andante, moderato, allegro, vivace, presto Dynamics Correct Answer: Volume Different dynamics (from softest to loudest) Correct Answer: Pianissimo, piano, mezzo piano, mezzo forte, forte, fortissimo