Music Theory Vocab

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  1. notate
    put into notation, as of music or choreography
    Case-sensitive harmonic analysis would state that major-mode chords (I, IV, V7, etc.), including augmented (for example, VII+), would be notated with upper-case Roman numerals, and minor-mode chords, including diminished (ii, iii, vi, and the diminished vii chord, viio), would be notated with lower-case Roman numerals.
  2. consonance
    a harmonious state of things and of their properties
    In addition to these "fundamentals" there are other important concepts employed in music both in Western and non-Western cultures including "Scales and/or Modes" and "Consonance vs.
  3. harmonic
    involving or characterized by harmony
    Such effects have been occasionally exploited in music from artists such as Johann Sebastian Bach.[citation needed] Despite these perceptual oddities, perceived pitch is nearly always closely connected with the fundamental frequency of a note, with a lesser connection to sound pressure level, harmonic content (complexity) of the sound, and to the immediately preceding history of notes heard.[2]
  4. chord
    a combination of three or more notes that blend harmoniously
    A harmonically based piece, on the contrary, will focus on a chord progression, with the melody as a secondary or incidental factor of composition.
    [edit] Harmony
    Main article: Harmony

    Harmony is the study of vertical sonorities in music.
  5. quantify
    use as a quantifier
    Articulation is often described rather than quantified, therefore there is room to interpret how to execute precisely each articulation.
  6. progression
    the act of moving forward, as toward a goal
    A harmonically based piece, on the contrary, will focus on a chord progression, with the melody as a secondary or incidental factor of composition.
    [edit] Harmony
    Main article: Harmony

    Harmony is the study of vertical sonorities in music.
Created on Wed Jun 09 11:50:34 EDT 2010

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