Unit 1 - The Elements of Music Vocabulary

How music moves in time

The duration of sounds and silences in time

• Rhythm

• Melody

• Harmony

• Tempo

Fill in the blank: __________ - a regular, repeating pulse that underlies a musical pattern.

• Beat

• Melody

• Harmony

• Rhythm

Fill in the blank: __________ - rhythmic patterns made up of grouping beats into measures or bars.

• Meter

• Tempo

• Harmony

• Melody

Fill in the blank: __________ - the speed of a piece of music.

• Tempo

• Pitch

• Harmony

• Dynamics

Fill in the blank: __________ - a tool used to measure the tempo of a piece of music.

• Metronome

• Tuner

• Pitch Pipe

• Hygrometer

Fill in the blank: __________ - dividing the beat, most often silently, into smaller units.

• Subdivision

• Syncopation

• Accentuation

• Modulation

Fill in the blank: __________ - meter that divides into two equal parts and then further subdivides into four.

• Simple Meter

• Compound Meter

• Complex Meter

• Irregular Meter

Fill in the blank: __________ - meter that divides into three equal parts.

• Compound Meter

• Simple Meter

• Duple Meter

• Quadruple Meter

Fill in the blank: __________ - groupings of two beats.

• Duple Meter

• Triple Meter

• Quadruple Meter

• Compound Meter

Fill in the blank: __________ - groupings of three beats.

• Triple Meter

• Quadruple Meter

• Duple Meter

• Single Meter