Grade 9 Music Exam Review
Terms to know and understand:
Cresc.(crescendo)
Decresc. (decrescedo)
p
mp
f
mf
ff
molto
meno
bass clef (other name?)
treble clef (other name?)
fermata
legato
staccato
rit. (ritardando)
D.C. al fine
D.S. al fine
All note and rest values to sixteenths
What does a dot do to a note’s value?
Slur
Tie
Accent
Sharp
Flat
Chromatic semitone
Diatonic semitone
Time signature (top and bottom numbers)
Key signature (write and label) (aC0Ca chart)
Staff
Label a piano keyboard
Bar (measure)
Ledger line (how do we name them)
Accidental
Interval
Semi-tone
Tone (whole-tone)
Formula for major scale
Solo, soli, tutti
Elements of Music for Analyzing Music
Musical Element
Melody
Rhythm
Tempo and
Dynamics
Definition
The tune: a succession of
notes forming a distinctive
sequence. The memorable,
singable part of a song
The pattern of musical
movement through time.
A specific kind of such a
pattern, formed by a series of
notes differing in duration and
stress:
Expressive qualities of music:
Tempo – fastness or slowness
of music and the changes of
speed
Dynamics – loudness and
softness and the changes of
volume
The structure of a piece of
music and how the parts are
organized or put together
Form
Texture
Harmony
Tone
Colour/Timbre
The layers of musical lines.
Texture describes the
complexity and number of
musical lines occurring
simultaneously
The sound that results when
two or more pitches are
performed simultaneously. It
is the vertical aspect of music,
produced by the combination
of the components of the
horizontal aspect
The quality of a sound that
distinguished it from another.
Texture of an instrument of
voice is determined by its
shape, material, what starts
the sound, and what causes
the sound to resonate.
Description