Music Vocabulary
Not clued up on the range of musical vocabulary your child is learning?
Below is a list of vocabulary to help you reinforce your child's musical knowledge at home;
Beat – This is the basic unit of time in music the pulse throughout
Pitch – Meaning whether a note is high or low
Tempo – How fast or slow the music is
Rhythm – The regular pattern in music
Ensemble – Playing in a group
Melody - Are a sequence of notes played to make a tune
Ostinato – Playing a repeated rhythm pattern
Dynamics: These are the alternations in the volume of a piece of music
- Crescendo – gradually getting louder
- Diminuendo – gradually getter quieter
- Piano – played quietly
- Forte – played loudly
Timbre – The sound quality of a musical note
Motif – a short musical idea that has some special importance in or is characteristic of a composition
Soundscape – sounds that create the sensation of experiencing a particular acoustic environment or compositions created using the found sounds of an acoustic environment.
Harmonies – different tones and pitches within the same melody
Coda: a section of music which brings the music to an end