Music Vocab Flashcard 6

Front

4/4 Time

Back

Common Time

Front

Pleasing, sweet, harmonious

Back

Consonant

Front

Two or more discordant notes needing resolution to consonance.

Back

Dissonance

Front

A directive instructing sections to split into multiple parts, often on the same staff.

Back

Divisi

Front

Sweetly

Back

Dolce

Front

Sustaining bass note in a composition

Back

Drone

Front

Length of time a note is sounded

Back

Duration

Front

A group of musicians working together

Back

Ensemble

Front

To perform a passage with expression

Back

Espressivo

Front

Technique allowing a mature male voice to reach soprano and alto notes

Back

Falsetto