Music Vocab Review

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  1. 2. A musical texture involving a single melodic line, as in Gregorian chant
  2. 6. A musical texture that involves only one melody of real interest, combined with chords or other subsidiary sounds
  3. 8. Intervals or chords that sound relatively tense and unstable
  4. 9. The blend of the various sounds and melodic lines occurring simultaneously in a piece of music
  5. 11. The regular pulse underlying most music; the lowest unit of meter
  6. 17. The difference or distance between two pitches, measured by the number of diatonic scale notes between them
  7. 18. In musical notation, a sign indicating that the note it precedes is to be played a half step higher
  8. 20. The simultaneous sounding of different pitches, or chords
  9. 21. A note half the length of a whole note
  10. 23. The longest note in normal use, and the basis of the duration of shorter notes
  11. 25. a system where every note of a scale is given its own unique syllable, which is used to sing that note every time it appears. There are seven basic syllables: do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, and ti.
  12. 27. Sharps or flats placed at the beginning of the staff to indicate the key, and applied throughout an entire piece, in every measure and in every octave
  13. 28. The entire notation of a line of music for all the parts and voices involved, presented in a group of two or more staves which are joined together by a vertical bar and a brace at the left side.
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  1. 1. Intervals or chords that sound relatively stable and free of tension
  2. 3. A background of stressed and unstressed beats in a simple, regular, repeating pattern
  3. 4. 1. A sound of a certain defined pitch and duration 2. The written sign for such a sound in musical notation
  4. 5. The aspect of music having to do with the duration of the notes in time; also applied to any particular durational pattern
  5. 7. In musical notation, the numbers on the staff at the beginning of a piece that indicate the meter
  6. 10. A note one-eighth the length of a whole note
  7. 12. In music, the unit of meter, consisting of a principal strong beat and one or more weaker ones.
  8. 13. Musical texture in which two or more melodic lines are played or sung simultaneously
  9. 14. A note one-quarter the length of a whole note
  10. 15. In musical notation, a sign indicating that the note it precedes is to be played a half step lower
  11. 16. The group of 5 (or 4 for chant) horizontal lines on which music is written
  12. 19. The quality of “highness” or “lowness” of sound
  13. 22. A sign at the beginning of the staff indicating the pitches of the lines and spaces
  14. 24. The interval between a pair of “duplicating” notes, eight notes apart in the diatonic scale
  15. 26. A momentary silence in music; in musical notation, a sign indicating a momentary silence