Students are learning about harmony and should not have homework for the rest
of the quarter with the exception of the rhythm packet they were supposed to
turn in on November 4th.
Students are required to write the following definitions and turn them in
just before the 5 week marking period. The definitions with an * are the ones
your child should have written so far.
beat: a steady pulse in music.*
rhythm: the time relationship of sound and silence in music.*
meter: the number of beats grouped in a measure.*
time signature: the numbers placed at the beginning of a song.*
the top number tells how many beats in a measure
the bottom number tells what tpye of note (quarter, eighth,
half)equals one beat
pitch: a specific highness or lowness of a note.
non-pitch: when a sound is made but you cannot identify a specific pitch name.
repeat: when a note is followed by the exact same note.
step: when a note on a line is followed by a note on the next space or a note
on a space is followed by a note on the next line.
leap:when a note on a line is followed by a note that is at least one line
away or further or when a note on a space is followed by a note that is one
space away or further.
contour: the shape of a melody.
melodic repetition: when a melody repeats itself.
melodic contrast: when a melody is followed by a completely different melody.
sequence: when a melody is followed by the exact same pattern that started on
a new note.