Musical Terms

4. Music music sung or played in church as a hymn or religious ritual.
9. has more than one musical part, consists of melody and harmony.
11. Step smallest distance between two pitches in music
12. is the rhythmic structure of a piece of music. Meter defines how many beats per bar (or measure) there are. Most common meters include 4, 3, 2, and sometimes even 7.
13. Lower than
17. monophonic (“mono” meaning 1 or a single thing) means a single melodic line. In other words, only 1 part in the music.
19. adds half of a note’s note value to itself.
20. is when a musician makes up, or composes, the music on the spot, instantaneously.
21. Catchy or memorable part of the music, also defined as the most important part of the music (the most noticeable.)
24. being able to feel what another person or culture is feeling
25. rhythms that don’t follow the “strong beats” in music (most often beats 1 and 3)
27. Clef Also, known as “G clef” tells the musician reading the music, that the second line from the bottom of the staff is ALWAYS G.
29. collections of ascending and descending pitches in music. Some of the most common scale are the Major scale, and the Minor scale.

1. traveling performers in medieval times who sang/played secular music about courtly love, the crusades, and other medieval topics.
2. more than one melody going on at once! Multiple melodies….
3. Music also known as “classical music” is music that is high art...as sophisticated as it can be, and it exists for its own sake.
4. Foundation by which notes are drawn in sheet music. It consists of 5 lines and four spaces. As notes go higher on the staff, they go higher in pitch. As notes go lower on the staff, they go lower in pitch.
5. sustained pitch in the background, often associated with medieval music.
6. distance between two pitches
7. musical sounds that serve to support (also known as accompany) a melody.
8. Higher than
10. Value whole note, half notes, quarter notes, etc. note lengths.
14. sharps and flats
15. multiple notes played at once. Serves as the basis of western harmony!
16. Music popular music from modern day that most people have heard and actively listen to.
18. Lines Lines added to the top or bottom of the staff which extend the staff upwards or downwards forever.
22. Long sustained pitches or notes.
23. Music - music WITHOUT a religious or ritualistic context...non-religious music.
26. musical symbol that identifies which notes go where on a staff.
28. moments in the music where the musician does NOT play a note.