A | B |
a cappella | without accampaniment |
Dixeland | New Orleans style of jazz |
lyrics | words to a song |
pentatonic | 5 tone scale or music |
Ragtime | riverboat style of early jazz |
sixteenth notes | symbols that represent one-fourth of a beat of sound |
timbre | what makes different instruments sound different |
blues | foundation form of jazz |
down beat | the first beat of a measure |
major | a mode that sounds happy |
processional | a piece of music used for entering in a ceremony |
score | a piece of music that indicastes all of the parts being played or sung |
symphony | a specific form in music |
diction | the way that words are pronounced |
fanfare | music of heraldry often used to announce special people |
minor | a mode in music that is usually sad |
quintet | music or a group of 5 musicians |
sforzando | suddenly loud very quickly soft |
syncopation | an off-beat feel usually associated with jazz music |