| A | B |
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| Dynamics | Volume |
| Duration | Length of sound in time |
| Tone Color | Quality of sound |
| Pitch | Relative Highness(flute) or Lowness(tuba) of a sound |
| Music | Organized Sound & Silence Through Time |
| Four Characteristics of Sound | Pitch, Duration, Dynamics, & Tone Color |
| Tone | A sound with a specific pitch |
| Piano (p) | Soft |
| Interval | Distance in pitch between any two notes |
| Octave | Interval between two tones in which the higher tone has twice the frequency of the lower tone |
| Pitch Range | Distance (interval) between the highest and lowest tones a given voice or instrument can produce |
| Dynamic Accent | Emphasis that a note receives when a performer plays it more loudly than the notes around it |
| Pianissimo (pp) | Very soft |
| Mezzo Piano (mp) | Medium soft |
| Mezzo Forte (mf) | Medium loud |
| Forte (f) | Loud |
| Fortissimo (ff) | Very loud |
| Crescendo | Gradual increase in dynamics |
| Decrescendo | Gradual decrease in dynamics |
