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Music Theory Terms: A Comprehensive Glossary, Quizzes of History of Music

The College of Idaho (C of I)History of Music

Definitions for various terms related to music theory, including tone, pitch, scales, tonalities, timbre, harmony, consonance, dissonance, chords, articulation, dynamics, duration, rhythm, meter, tempo, melody, contour, motion, texture, monophony, heterophony, polyphony, fugue, countermelody, homophony, form, repetition, contrast, and variation.

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TERM 1

Tone

DEFINITION 1

Note, Single sound

TERM 2

Pitch

DEFINITION 2

Highness or lowness of the note (flat<lowered> vs. sharp

<raised>)

TERM 3

Octaves

DEFINITION 3

Same notes, different pitches

TERM 4

scales

DEFINITION 4

collection of sequence of notes played low to high, major and

minor

TERM 5

tonalities

DEFINITION 5

describe a tonal collection that a given piece of music is

based on/form backbone of piece of music (major, minor,

pentatonic)

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Tone

Note, Single sound

TERM 2

Pitch

DEFINITION 2

Highness or lowness of the note (flat vs. sharp

)

TERM 3

Octaves

DEFINITION 3

Same notes, different pitches

TERM 4

scales

DEFINITION 4

collection of sequence of notes played low to high, major and

minor

TERM 5

tonalities

DEFINITION 5

describe a tonal collection that a given piece of music is

based on/form backbone of piece of music (major, minor,

pentatonic)

keys

specific notes that a given scale or tonality is based (e major,

g minor)

TERM 7

timbre

DEFINITION 7

particular quality of a note, tone color (bright/dark,

clear/gravely)

TERM 8

Scoring (Instrumentation)

DEFINITION 8

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Tone

Note, Single sound

TERM 2

Pitch

DEFINITION 2

Highness or lowness of the note (flat vs. sharp

)

TERM 3

Octaves

DEFINITION 3

Same notes, different pitches

TERM 4

scales

DEFINITION 4

collection of sequence of notes played low to high, major and

minor

TERM 5

tonalities

DEFINITION 5

describe a tonal collection that a given piece of music is

based on/form backbone of piece of music (major, minor,

pentatonic)

keys

specific notes that a given scale or tonality is based (e major,

g minor)

TERM 7

timbre

DEFINITION 7

particular quality of a note, tone color (bright/dark,

clear/gravely)

TERM 8

Scoring (Instrumentation)

DEFINITION 8

instruments and/or voices involved and which parts

TERM 9

chordophones

DEFINITION 9

guitar, violin

TERM 10

aerophones

DEFINITION 10

flute, clarinet

chord

combination of 3 - 4 notes

TERM 17

articulation

DEFINITION 17

way one approaches a note, staccato = short, legato = long

TERM 18

dynamics

DEFINITION 18

intensity at which the note is played

TERM 19

fortissimo

DEFINITION 19

very loud

TERM 20

forte

DEFINITION 20

loud

mezzo forte

medium loud

TERM 22

mezzo piano

DEFINITION 22

medium soft

TERM 23

piano

DEFINITION 23

soft

TERM 24

pianissimo

DEFINITION 24

very soft

TERM 25

duration