Music Terminology: Pitch, Frequency, Dynamics, Crescendo

Front

Pitch

Back

The relative highness or lowness of a musical note expressed in music by a letter name from A to G

Front

Frequency

Back

The speed at which a pitch measured in cycles per second.

Front

Dynamics

Back

The loudness or softness of a specific portion of music

Front

Crescendo

Back

get louder

Front

decrescendo

Back

to get softer

Front

Harmonics

Back

vibration of an instruments that occur over a fraction of its length

Front

Tone color/Timbre

Back

The unique sound of a particular instrument caused by the harmonics.

Front

Duration

Back

The length of a sound measured in beats

Front

Rhyhm

Back

The organization of musical beats

Front

Beat

Back

the underlying pulse of music