Perceiving Music:

2. when the expected rhythm is disrupted by emphasizing weaker or off-beats
4. the distance between two notes where one has twice or half the frequency of the other
6. organizing music around a central note, which gives a sense of resolution and stability
7. the pattern of strong and weak beats, organized into groups
10. cortex, your eyes take in light, but the visual cortex allows your brain to recognize it as images
11. Structure, how music is organized based on how sounds are spaced, ordered, and patterned as they unfold in a song
12. the specific characteristic of a sound that distinguishes different instruments or voices, even when playing the same pitch and volume
13. the distance in pitch between two notes
14. a pattern of notes, usually a melody that is repeated at a higher or lower pitch

1. the pattern of note lengths and timing, how sounds and silence are arranged over the beat
3. the steady pulse in music that you is can tap along to
5. the way pitches move over time, such as rising, falling, or staying the same in a melody
7. a sequence of notes arranged in a specific order that is perceived as one coherent line
8. how high or low the sound is
9. memory, your memory of personal life experiences