Music vocab 1

a person who directs an orchestra or chorus, communicating to the performers by motions of a baton or the hands his or her interpretation of the music

• Composer

• Conductor =

• Conduct

• Piano (Dynamic Marking) =

variation and gradation in the volume of musical sound

(How loud or quiet music is played)

• 4. Piano (Dynamic Marking)=

• COMPOSER

• Conductor

• Dynamics

a person who writes music, especially as a professional occupation

• soft

• loud

• COMPOSER =

• Forte

original music written specifically to accompany a film ex: "Hedwig's Theme"

• underscore

• Dynamics

• Composer

• FILM SCORE =

to provide (action on film) with accompanying music; emphasize

• Underscore

• Background Music

• Tempo

• Beat

music primarily intended to be passively listened to; serves to create atmosphere and mood

• Background Music

• music

• Tempo

• white Noise

9. Instrumentation =

the arranging of music for instruments, especially for an orchestra

• True

• False

a sequence of single notes that is musically satisfying (What you hum/whistle/sing along to)

a usually recurring thematic element; dominant idea or central theme

13. Rhythm =

The pattern of slow pulses caused in music by the occurrence of strong and weak beats (What you clap/snap/stomp to

• False

• True