Music Appreciation Study Guide for Exam #1 Define the following terms: 1. Harmony- the process by which individual sounds are joined together 2. Melody- the recognizable tune 3. Rhythm- the organization of notes (sound) and rests (silence) in time 4. Meter- the organizing of beats in music 5. Dynamics- the loudness of music 6. Tone quality- the character of musical tones with reference to their richness or perfection. 7. Chord- 3 or more pitches played simultaneously 8. Triad- 3 note chord, tonic triad, dominant triad, subdominant traid 9. Syncopation- the concept of playing rhythms that accent or emphasize the offbeats. 10. Melisma- the singing of a single syllable of text while moving between several different notes in succession 11. Scale- any graduated sequence of notes, tones, or intervals dividing what is called an octave

Music Appreciation Study Guide Exam #1

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