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Year 7 Music Concept
Concepts bassed questions
Term | Definition |
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Duration | The length of a sound or silence |
Pitch | The height or depth of a sounds |
Dynamics | The loudness or softness of sound |
Tone Colour | The instruments heard in music and how their sound is produced. |
Structure | How a piece of music is put together, the plan. |
Tempo | The speed of the music |
Staccato | Short and detached |
Time Signature | How many beats in each bar |
Legato | Smooth and well connected |
Ostinato | A repeated musical idea |
Forte | Loud |
Piano | Soft |
Melody | The main musical idea |
Moderato | At a medium speed |
Presto | As fast as possible |
Accelerando | Gradually getting faster |
Andante | At a walking pace |
Performing Media | The instruments used in a piece of music |
Polyphonic | When two or more melodies are played at the same time |
Monophonic | One melody is heard, unaccompanied. |
Mezzo forte | Moderately loud |
Mezzo piano | Moderately soft |
Pianissimo | Very Soft |
Fortissimo | Very loud |
Crescendo | Gradually getting louder |
Decrescendo | Gradually getting softer |