____________________ is music which is descriptive, suggesting visual images or telling a story.

In Music, a __________ is a collection of smaller pieces of music, or movements of varying character, which make up one large whole.

The "Carnival of the Animals" is a suite composed by Camille Saint-Saëns, who was a French composer during the

• Baroque Period

  (1600 - 1750)

• Classical Period

  (1750 - 1820)

• Romantic Period

  (1800 - 1900)

Chromatic is

• using only the white notes on the piano.

• using any of the notes on the piano, especially white and black notes that are close together.

• using only the black notes on the piano

An __________ is a pattern that repeats.

MUSICAL ELEMENTS - Pitch describes

• whether musical notes are higher or lower

• whether musical notes are louder or quieter

• patterns of short and long notes that move with the pulse of the music

• the ‘quality’ or type of sound

MUSICAL ELEMENTS - Dynamics describes

• the ‘quality’ or type of sound

• whether notes are higher or lower

• whether notes are louder or quieter

• how different sounds are arranged together; lots of sounds, or only one sound.

MUSICAL ELEMENTS - Rhythm describes

• whether the piece sounds happy & bright, or dark, mysterious, & sad

• patterns of short and long notes that move with the pulse of the music

• whether notes on the keyboard are high or low

• the ‘quality’ or type of sound

MUSICAL ELEMENTS - Texture describes

• whether the piece sounds happy & bright, or dark, mysterious, & sad

• Whether the notes are louder or quieter

• How different sounds are arranged together; lots of sounds, or only one sound?

• the ‘quality’ or type of sound

MUSICAL ELEMENTS - Tempo describes

• patterns of short and long notes that move with the pulse of the music

• different sounds are arranged together; lots of sounds, or only one sound

• whether the piece sound happy & bright, or dark, mysterious, & sad?

• the pulse or beat of the music, is it faster or slower?