1. Music Vocabulary Review

2. Whole step Two half steps

3. Half step A Minor Second

4. Timbre Tone color

5. Characteristics Unique attributes

6. Style The way it is played

7. Genre Special styles

8. Strings Instruments using plucked or bowed strings to create the sound

9. Brass Winds Instruments using a cupped shaped mouthpiece

10. Woodwinds Those originally made of wood or using a reed to create the sound

11. Clef Symbol to indicate the tonal center

12. Score The conductor’s copy of the music.

13. Staff 5 lines and 4 spaces

14. Expression Emotion portrayed in music

15. Intonation The correct vibrations of a tone to match the established standard or that of another instrument

16. Resonance Vibrations of an instrument’s sound creating the unique sound of that particular instrument

17. Ledger Lines Short lines extending the staff upward or downward

18. Vertical Music Music composed in a chordal manner in which most or all parts move together at the same time

19. HorizontalMusic Music having independent lines weaving a fabric of sound.

20. Second ending The short ending which will send musicians forward to a new melodic section.

21. Repeat To play it again

22. Fugue A melodic presentation using varied melodic and rhythmic alterations to present new interpretations of the melody.

23. Fugetto A small or short section in a fugal style.

24. First ending The short ending which will send musicians back to a particular place to repeat that section.

25. Double Bar Two bars of different size indicating the end of a section or composition.

26. Dal signo al fine` Return to the sign and play to the fine`

27. Da capo al fine` Return to the beginning and play to the fine`

28. Transposition To move the position of the tone to adjust for the length of the instrument

29. Tessitura That part of the range used most often

30. Range The extreme from lowest to highest tone for each instrument

31. Key Signature Those sharps and/or flats which identify the tonal center.

32. Homophonic Movement in a chordal manner

33. Counterpoint Independent movement of musical lines in correlation to each other

34. Cannon The simple melodic repetition. It is also called a round.

35. Brace Two or more staves joined with a bracket { } indicating a system of music.

36. Slur A curved line which smoothly connects tones on different lines and/or spaces without attack.

37. Tie A curved line connecting tones (adding their value) on the same line or space.

38. Major Second Whole Step

39. Minor Second Half Step

40. Tutti Those originally made of wood or using a reed to create the sound

41. Music History The story of mankind’s music throughout time.

42. Balance To achieve the aural perception of each instrument or section being of the same or equal volume without dominance by any one instrument or section.

43. Blend To create an ensemble sound in which all instruments/sections collectively create one sound rather than individual sounds.

44. Dynamics Various degrees of loudness and softness

45. Forte (f ) Strong or full

46. Piano (p) Soft

47. Mezzo (m) Medium

48. Mezzo Forte (mf) Medium full

49. Mezzo piano (mp) Medium soft

50. Fortissimo (ff) Very strong

51. Fortississimo (fff) Very, very strong

52. Pianissimo (pp) Very soft

53. Pianississiom (ppp) Very, very soft

54. Crescendo (cres.) To get louder

55. Decrescendo (decres) To get softer

56. Diminuendo (dim) To gradually get softer

57. Baroque The historic period between 1600 and 1750 AD

58. Medieval The historic period prior to 1400 AD

59. Renaissance The historic period between the 15 th (1400 AD) and 17 th (1600AD) centuries.

60. Rococo or Roccoco The French historic period between 1700 and 1799 AD (18 th Century)

61. Classical The historic period between 1750 and 1820 AD

62. Impressionist The historic period between 1870 and 1880

63. Expressionist The historic period originating in Germany beginning in the 20 th Century.

64. Experimental One type of music composed between 1950 and today.

65. Jazz Jazz is a musical form which originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States from a confluence of African and European music traditions.musical African American Southern United StatesAfricanEuropean

66. Fusion The mixing of diverse musical styles originating around 1980.

67. Strophic Repeated melody for each verse

68. Through composed No repetition of music for new lyrics

69. Pulse Steady, ongoing emphasis of the count

70. Diatonic Within the Key

71. Consonant Interval Interval requiring no resolution (change)

72. Dissonant Interval Interval requiring resolution (change)

73. Variation Changing the melody, rhythm, or harmony of a composition.