1) ______ Meter

2) ______ Polyphonic texture

3) ______ Consonance
4) ______ Tempo

b) It gives time to think and for echoes to die

away. It can also be dramatic

5) ______ Homophonic texture

c) The distinct sound of every instrument or

voice

6) ______ Modality

d) How individual notes begin and end

7) ______ Dissonance

e) The combination of timbres sounding

together

8) ______ Texture
9) ______ Form
10) ______ Silence
11) ______ Articulation
12) ______ Theme
13) ______ Rhythm
14) ______ Dynamics
15) ______ Conjunct
16) ______ Pitch
17) ______ Disjunct
18) ______ Imitative texture
19) ______ Timber
20) ______ Duration
21) ______ Harmony

f) In music, a step, is the difference in pitch

between two consecutive notes of a musical
scale
g) A series of pitches (notes) that form a
cohesive musical line
h) Music with two or more independent
melodies sounding at the same time
i) Sounds that provide support and enrichment
for the melody
j) Any larger interval is called a skip (also
called a leap)
k) Harmony that focuses on a "home" key
center
l) The length of the sound

22) ______ Lyrics

m) words that are spoken or sung in a piece of

music

23) ______ Tonality

n) A harsh-sounding harmonic combination

24) ______ Beat or Pulse

o) Harmony created out of the ancient

Medieval/Renaissance modes

25) ______ Monophonic texture

26) ______ Atonality
27) ______ Melody
28) ______ Expression
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a) The various levels of volume (loud & soft) in

music

p) Imitation is a special type of polyphonic

texture produced whenever a musical idea is
ECHOED from "voice" to "voice"
q) Pitch is the relative position (low or high) of a
musical sound
r) The fastness or slowness of the music
s) Music with two or more notes sounding at the
same time
t) Music sung or even played without energy
and feeling sounds dead and lacks
u) A melody that is the basis for an extended
musical work
v) Music with only one note sounding at a time
w) The purposeful arrangement of events in a
composition

x) Modern harmony that AVOIDS any sense of

a "home" key center
y) A pattern of long and short sounds and
pauses which fit round the beat
z) A smooth-sounding harmonic combination
aa) If you can clap along to a piece of music, you
usually find yourself clapping this
ab) Beats organized into recognizable/recurring
accent patterns
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