Basic terms for music, with rhythm

The ordered flow of music through time is ___.

• Pitch

• Rhythm

• Music

• Melody

Organized sound (and silence) through time is ___.

• Music

• Rhythm

• Pitch

• Melody

How loud or quiet music is is called ___.

• Pitch

• Rhythm

• Dynamics

• Timbre

The quality of sound, like what makes a trumpet sound different from a violin, is ___.

• Rhythm

• Pitch

• Dynamics

• Timbre

The relative highness (flute) or lowness (bass) of a sound is ___.

• Pitch

• Rhythm

• Dynamics

• Timbre

An interval between the first and last notes of a scale, eight notes apart, is called a(n) ___.

• Third

• Octave

• Pitch Range

• Meter

To gradually get louder is a(n) ___.

• Decrescendo

• Accelerando

• Ritardando

• Crescendo

To gradually slow down is a(n) ___.

• Decrescendo

• Accelerando

• Ritardando

• Crescendo

Forte means to play or sing the music ___.

• Soft

• Fast

• Slow

• Loud

A regular, recurrent pulsation that divides music into equal units of time is its ___.

• Beat

• Rhythm

• Pitch

• Timbre