MUS 185 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Multiple Choice, Art Music, Anacrusis
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Downbeat: momentum created by the perceived ebb and flow of comparatively weaker sounds and stronger ones to which they seem drawn; specifically, any pattern of stronger and weaker (particularly longer and shorter) sounds and intervening silences. Timbre: regular patterns of strong and weak beats in music; in western music, the most common meters are in 2, 3, and 4; there are many exceptions. Pitch: a series of equally spaced impulses, imagined or actually heard, against which composers and performers measure musical sound events. Timbre: quality of sound that distinguishes one instrument from another; influenced by size, shape, proportions of instrument"s material and manner in which vibration is set up. Phrase: mechanism that generates musical vibrations and transmits them into the air. Texture: analogous to the concept in language, a relatively short musical statement of several measures expressing a cohesive musical idea, concluding in some type of cadence.
