1. Essential Music Vocabulary Review

2. Directions: Identify the music vocabulary word that matches the given definition. Students will be called at random so everyone should be prepared to answer. Please respect your classmates right to think and avoid blurting.

3. From the Italian word meaning time, this refers to the pace or speed of the piece of music.

4. Tempo

5. A low pitched sound or the tones in the lowest range of a voice or instrument.

6. Bass

7. This is musical color. Each instrument or voice has its own color and produces its own mood or emotion. Varying combinations of instruments produce different textures and distinctive colors.

8. Timbre

9. The flow of music through time. It has several interrelated aspects: beat, meter, accent, syncopation, and tempo.

10. Rhythm

11. The volume or loudness of a tone. It can range from very quiet/soft (pianissimo) to very loud (fortissimo) and contains words and symbols like crescendo (gradually becoming louder) and decrescendo (gradually becoming softer).

12. Dynamics

13. The part of music that we sing or play on an instrument. It is a series of notes arranged in a particular rhythmic pattern and divided up into smaller units called phrases. It is the horizontal structure of music.

14. Melody

15. The organization of musical elements in time. In a musical composition, pitch, tone color, dynamics, rhythm, melody, and texture interact to produce a sense of shape and structure.

16. Form

17. The part of music that combines two or more notes to produce new sounds called chords. It is the vertical structure of music. It adds depth and texture to the piece.

18. Harmony

19. Monophonic (one melody without accompaniment), homophonic (one melody accompanied by chords), and polyphonic (many different sounds) describe the way sounds are combined in music.

20. Texture

21. The flow of music through time. It has several interrelated aspects: beat, meter, accent, syncopation, and tempo.

22. Rhythm

23. The organization of musical elements in time. In a musical composition, pitch, tone color, dynamics, rhythm, melody, and texture interact to produce a sense of shape and structure.

24. Form

25. This is musical color. Each instrument or voice has its own color and produces its own mood or emotion. Varying combinations of instruments produce different textures and distinctive colors.

26. Timbre

27. The part of music that combines two or more notes to produce new sounds called chords. It is the vertical structure of music. It adds depth and texture to the piece.

28. Harmony

29. From the Italian word meaning time, this refers to the pace or speed of the piece of music.

30. Tempo

31. The volume or loudness of a tone. It can range from very quiet/soft (pianissimo) to very loud (fortissimo) and contains words and symbols like crescendo (gradually becoming louder) and decrescendo (gradually becoming softer).

32. Dynamics

33. A low pitched sound or the tones in the lowest range of a voice or instrument.

34. Bass

35. The part of music that we sing or play on an instrument. It is a series of notes arranged in a particular rhythmic pattern and divided up into smaller units called phrases. It is the horizontal structure of music.

36. Melody

37. Monophonic (one melody without accompaniment), homophonic (one melody accompanied by chords), and polyphonic (many different sounds) describe the way sounds are combined in music.

38. Texture

39. The flow of music through time. It has several interrelated aspects: beat, meter, accent, syncopation, and tempo.

40. Rhythm

41. From the Italian word meaning time, this refers to the pace or speed of the piece of music.

42. Tempo

43. The organization of musical elements in time. In a musical composition, pitch, tone color, dynamics, rhythm, melody, and texture interact to produce a sense of shape and structure.

44. Form

45. Monophonic (one melody without accompaniment), homophonic (one melody accompanied by chords), and polyphonic (many different sounds) describe the way sounds are combined in music.

46. Texture

47. A low pitched sound or the tones in the lowest range of a voice or instrument.

48. Bass

49. The part of music that combines two or more notes to produce new sounds called chords. It is the vertical structure of music. It adds depth and texture to the piece.

50. Harmony

51. The volume or loudness of a tone. It can range from very quiet/soft (pianissimo) to very loud (fortissimo) and contains words and symbols like crescendo (gradually becoming louder) and decrescendo (gradually becoming softer).

52. Dynamics

53. The part of music that we sing or play on an instrument. It is a series of notes arranged in a particular rhythmic pattern and divided up into smaller units called phrases. It is the horizontal structure of music.

54. Melody

55. This is musical color. Each instrument or voice has its own color and produces its own mood or emotion. Varying combinations of instruments produce different textures and distinctive colors.

56. Timbre