A gradual decrease in tempo...

A gradual decrease in the loudness of sound...

A gradual increase in the loudness of sound...

Very soft sound

Very loud sound

An organized succession of pitches is called?

A steady recurring pulse

What is a repeated musical figure called?

What term refers to the emphasis placed on a sound or pitch in music?

What word means the deliberate shifts of the accent so that it goes against the steady beat?

What term designates groups of beats divided by vertical lines on the musical staff?

This is marked by groups of beats set in 2

The grouping of beats

What does the top number of the time signature tell you?

What word refers to a type of spontaneous musical invention

What is a question and answer pattern in music where a group responds to a leader?

A composition for one performer

A section of a concerto in which all of the instruments and/or voices perform together

This happens when all of the instruments/voices sound the same

Two or more rhythms sounding together

Ordinary objects, like your pencils, keys, backpack, or desktop, used to make music are called?

Using your body—mouth, hands, fingers, or feet—to capture a rhythm is known as

What word refers to the tones in between and including the highest and lowest pitches you can sing?

What is singing a melody without accompaniment or harmony called?

What term refers to the capacity to think sound?

What term is used to refer to a soprano voice that is light and flexible enough to perform rapid scales and trills?

Homophonic

Polyphonic

Monophonic

Which of the forms below represent Binary Form?

Which of the forms below represent Ternary form?

What is a musical form in which a melodic idea is stated then varied in a succession of statements?

What term is used to refer to an aspect of music that controls the listener’s sense of how much time has passed?

Minor =

Major =

What is the stick that the conductor holds called?

Ragtime was a popular form of dance music before…

Who composed “Maple Leaf Rag”?

What primary rhythm pattern did Ragtime use in its compositions?

What term designates a type of ballroom dance that originated in Cuba?

What word refers to an athletic dance that includes kicks and inward leg rotations on syncopated beats of the music?

What term is used to describe a jazzy dance in which couples swing, balance, and twirl?

What word designates a dance music created by Mexicans in Texas?

What word refers to a refined style of classical dance emphasizing the verticality of the body, an outward rotation of the legs with fluid footwork and legwork, and virtuosic turns and jumps?

What term refers to an African-Brazilian dance that is faster and jazzier than the tango?

What term is used to refer to a Latin American dance performed at a moderately slow, walk-like tempo in 4/4 meter?

What is a rhythmic Latin American dance with the basic pattern of three steps and a shuffle?

________________ refers to a dance in which foot movements produce audible rhythms emphasized by small metal plates on the soles of the dancer’s shoes.

The body movement and gestures of the hula ________________.

A twentieth-century musical form that radically changed the course of popular music was ________________ music.

The music for The Rite of Spring was composed by ________________

A dance that became popular during the Jazz Age of the 1920s was the ________________.

A dance that features the breakaway, when dance partners separate to improvise movement before coming back together, is called ________________.

The roots of many Latin American and Caribbean musical styles can be traced to ________________.

What term is used to describe a genre of African American music that often expresses frustration, sadness, or longing?

What word means a style of singing characterized by lyrical and flowing phrases, beauty of vocal color, and brilliant technique?

A low female register with a full, rich, dark, and powerful 

   quality.

The intermediate female voice that sings in the lower part of 

                        the soprano range.

The highest soprano voice.

A high female voice.

A lower male register with a rich, robust, resonant, and full 

   quality

The high male range with a powerful ringing quality.

The male register in the female alto range that uses a falsetto.

The intermediate male voice.