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| the four main properties of sound |
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| pitch, dynamics, tone color, and duration |
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| the relative highness or lowness of a sound |
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| the loudness or softness of sound |
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| the sonorous quality of a particular instrument, voice, or combination of instruments or voices |
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| the length of time that a sound is heard |
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| a sound that has a definite pitch |
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| the distance in pitch between any two tones |
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| the interval between a pair of "duplicating" notes |
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| a selection of ordered pitches that provides the pitch material for music |
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| a set of seven pitches represented by all the white notes on the piano, within one octave |
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| the set of twelve pitches represented by all the white and black notes on the piano, within one octave |
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| or semitone, smallest interval between any two successive notes of the chromatic scale |
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| interval equal to two half steps |
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| a series of single tones that add up to a recognizable whole |
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| two or more pitches sung together that accompany or support a melody |
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| tone combination that is stable and restful |
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| tone combination that is unstable and tense |
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| the quality of sound that distinguishes one instrument or voice from another |
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| ordered flow of music through time; the pattern of durations of notes and silences in music |
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| regular recurrent pulsation that divides music into equal units of time |
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| emphasis of a note, which may result from its being louder, longer or higher in pitch that the notes near it |
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| organization of beats into regular groups |
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| accenting of a note at an unexpected time, as between two beats or on a weak beat |
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| a device that ticks or flashes a light at any designed musical speed; metronome setting indicates the exact number of beats per minute |
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| the blend of the various sounds and melodic lines occurring simultaneously in a piece of music |
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| musical texture in which two or more melodic lines are played or sung simultaneously |
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| a musical texture involving a single melodic line |
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| a musical texture that involves only one melody of real interest, combined with chords or other subsidiary sounds |
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| the manner in which the elements are constructed to comprise a recognizable musical structure |
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| repeating the same melody over and over |
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| repeating the melody in slightly different ways |
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| a totally different melody or series of notes |
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| the manner in which a composer treats the elements of rhythm, melody, harmony, texture, dynamics, and form within a musical composition |
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