TEXES Exam Music EC-12 2023/2024

pitch - ANSWER-the specific frequency or tuning of a tone - the highness or lowness of a sound frequency - ANSWER-a measurement of how fast air molecules are vibrating solfeggio - ANSWER-a method of naming musical tones using a set of symbols ledger lines - ANSWER-the lines you add above or below a staff clef - ANSWER-a graphical symbol placed at the beginning of a staff or piece of music that establishes the pitch of a specific line or space on the staff the grand staff - ANSWER-links together the treble clef and the bass clef interval - ANSWER-the space between two pitches enharmonic notes - ANSWER-two notes that sound the same but can be spelled differently accidental - ANSWER-any modification to a natural note...sharps and flats root - ANSWER-the lowest note of an interval, chord, or scale major interval - ANSWER-that natural state of an interval minor interval - ANSWER-when you flatten a note perfect interval - ANSWER-intervals that do not have separate major or minor states. fourths, fifths and octaves - they sound closely related because their frequencies are closely related augmented interval - ANSWER-when you raise a perfect interval a half step diminished interval - ANSWER-when you lower a perfect interval a half step harmonic interval - ANSWER-when notes are performed at the same time melodic interval - ANSWER-when notes are played successively simple interval - ANSWER-interval smaller than an octave compound interval - ANSWER-interval larger than an octave dissonant - ANSWER-a sound that is displeasing to the ear consonant - ANSWER-a sound that is pleasing to the ear major scale - ANSWER-an arrangement of whole and half notes parallel minor scale - ANSWER-a scale that begins on the same note as it's sister major scale but lowers scale degree 3,6 and 7 harmonic minor scale - ANSWER-a scale that lowers only 3 and 6 of it's parallel major melodic minor scale - ANSWER-a scale that lowers 3 when ascending and 3,6 and 7 when ascending key signature - ANSWER-15 in all, they have 0-7sharps/flats arranged in a particular way on the staff. relative keys - ANSWER-when major and minor keys share the same key signature transpose - ANSWER-to play music in another key rhythm - ANSWER-the time aspect of music as contrasted with the pitch aspect beat - ANSWER-the basic pulse of a musical passage tempo - ANSWER-the rate at which the beats occur metronome marking - ANSWER-the specific tempo set to a piece of music duple, triple, quadruple meters - ANSWER-beats grouped in 2, 3 and 4 beats simple beat - ANSWER-beats in any meter divided into two equal parts compound beat - ANSWER-beats in any meter divided into three equal parts time signature - ANSWER-a symbol that tells the performer the beat and meter types and what note value will represent the beat triad - ANSWER-the fundamental sonority of tonal harmony- a three note chord major seventh chord (M7) - ANSWER-major triad with a M& above the root major-minor seventh chord (Mm7) - ANSWER-major triad with a m7 above the root minor seventh chord (m7) - ANSWER-minor triad with a m7 above the root