front 1 Timbre | back 1 The combination of qualities of a sound that distinguishes it from other sounds of the same pitch and volume. |
front 2 Conjunct | back 2 Of or relating to successive tones of the scale, moving step by step. |
front 3 Range | back 3 The gamut of tones that a voice or instrument is capable of producing. |
front 4 Disjunct | back 4 Relating to progression by intervals larger than major seconds. |
front 5 Cadence | back 5 The measure or beat of movement, as in dancing or marching. |
front 6 Countermelody | back 6 A secondary or supplemental melody played simultaneously with the primary melody. |
front 7 Meter or Time signature | back 7 The time signature is a notational device representing the meter, an auditory feature of the music |
front 8 Downbeat | back 8 The first beat of a measure |
front 9 Chord | back 9 A combination of three or more pitches sounded simultaneously. |
front 10 Major | back 10 no data |
front 11 Minor | back 11 no data |
front 12 Tonality | back 12 the arrangement of pitches and/or chords of a musical work in a hierarchy of perceived relations, stabilities, attractions and directionality. |
front 13 Dissonance | back 13 A harsh, disagreeable combination of sounds; discord. |
front 14 Consonance | back 14
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front 15 Transposition | back 15 In music, the act or process of changing a piece or passage from one tonality to another; transposition. |
front 16 Modulation | back 16 the change from one tonality to another. This may or may not be accompanied by a change in key signature |
front 17 Monophonic | back 17 Having a single melodic line. |
front 18 Polyphonic | back 18 Having a multiplicity of sounds. |
front 19 Homophonic | back 19 Having or characterized by a single melodic line with accompaniment. |
front 20 Strophic | back 20 Having the same melody used for each strophe. Strophe: The first of a pair of stanzas of alternating form on which the structure of a given poem is based. |
front 21 Improvisation | back 21 The act of improvising; the act of composing poetry or music extemporaneously. |
front 22 Dynamics | back 22 the variation in loudness between notes or phrases |
front 23 Syllabic | back 23 lyrics written in the form of one syllable of text per musical note ex: Twinkle Twinkle Little Star |
front 24 Neumatic | back 24 The earliest neumes were inflective marks that indicated the general shape but not necessarily the exact notes or rhythms to be sung |
front 25 Melismatic | back 25 single syllable of text while moving between several different notes in succession. |
front 26 Word-painting | back 26 The act of describing or depicting in words graphically or vividly. |