WorksheetsMusic Terminology: Pitch, Frequency, Dynamics, Crescendo
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 14mins
Pitch
The relative highness or lowness of a musical note expressed in music by a letter name from A to G
Pitch is the speed at which music is played
Pitch is the type of musical instrument being used in a composition.
Pitch refers to the loudness or softness of a musical note. A high pitch means the sound is loud, while a low pitch means the sound is quiet.
Frequency
The speed at which a pitch measured in cycles per second.
Frequency in music refers to how loud or soft a sound is.
Frequency describes how long a musical note lasts.
Frequency is a type of musical genre that focuses on repeating sound patterns to create hypnotic effects.
Dynamics
The loudness or softness of a specific portion of music
Dynamics refers to how fast or slow a piece of music is played
Dynamics is the order of notes in a melody and how they are arranged to form musical phrases
Dynamics is the type of musical instruments used in a piece and how they are combined to create texture
Crescendo
get louder
get softer
get slower
get faster
decrescendo
to get softer
to get louder
to get faster
to get slower
Harmonics
vibration of an instruments that occur over a fraction of its length
Harmonics refer to the tempo of a musical piece how fast or slow the notes are played.
Harmonics are the chords used in a song and the way they are strummed on a guitar
Harmonics are the lyrics of a song and how they relate to the melody
Tone color/Timbre
The unique sound of a perticular instrument caused by the harmonics
Tone color is the volume of a sound
Tone color refers to how accurate a singer’s pitch is while performing a song.
Timbre is the emotional meaning behind a piece of music or lyrics
Duration
The length of a sound measured in beats
Duration is how loud or soft a note is played in a piece of music
Duration is the number of instruments playing at the same time in a piece
Duration describes the tone color of a sound and how unique it is compared to other instruments
Rhyhm
The organization of musical beats
how high or low a note sounds in a piece of music
the type of instrument used and the tone color it produces
the emotional mood or feeling created by a song
Beat
the underlying pulse of music
Beat is how high or low a note sounds in a melody
Beat is the overall length of a piece of music from start to finish
Beat is the combination of instruments used in a song
Accent
A beat that is stressed
Stressed is when a musician feels nervous before a performance
type of musical key that creates tension or suspense in a piece
the pitch of the note is slightly raised to stand out more
syncopation
an accented beat that is not normally accented
the process of tuning musical instruments before a concert
music is played in harmony, with different notes sounding pleasant together
style of jazz that uses a lot of brass instruments and walking bass line
Meter
The specific way beats are grouped by two, three, four
the speed of the music and how quickly it’s played
the emotional message of a piece, shaped by the lyrics and instrumentation
how high or low the notes are in a melody
tempo
the speed at which music is played measured in beats per minutes
how high or low a note sounds in a song
the pattern of strong and weak beats in music
how loud or soft the music is played during a performance
metronome
a device that produces an audible beat to help musicians keep a steady tempo
musical term for playing a melody slowly and with feeling
musical instrument that plays rhythms automatically during a concert
scale used to measure the range of pitches in a song
interval
the distance between two notes
short pause or break in the music between two phrases
speed at which a song is played, measured in beats per minute
emotional feeling created by the harmony of a song
Half step
The smallest distance between two notes
the time between two beats in a song
type of rest that lasts half the duration of a whole rest
when two musicians play notes at the same time, creating harmony
scale
a collection of fixed pitches
the speed at which a song is played
the device used to keep time while practicing
group of instruments playing together in a band
melody
a series of notes characterized by a vocal singable quality
the pattern of loud and soft notes throughout a song
the speed or tempo of a piece of music
the background sounds and harmony in a song
pianissimo
pp
very soft
mp
loud
piano
p
soft
mf
ff
mezzo piano
mp
moderately soft
mf
very loud
mezzo forte
mf
moderately loud
soft
p
forte
f
loud
soft
very soft
fortissimo
ff
very loud
mp
p
