Intro to Music

ANSWER 20 QUESTIONS. EACH SHOULD HAVE AT LEAST 3~4 SENTENCES. ATTACHED FILES HAVE basic terms and concepts from this unit’s readings. Please be comprehensive in your comments. Include who, what, when, where, why, and a brief description if helpful to conveying your thought. Also include the topic in your post. PLEASE USE YOUR OWN WORDS TO EXPLAIN THE TERM.

1.) Staff (origin and evolution)

2.) Ledger lines3.) Clef (meaning and origins)

4.) Voice range (and relationship to clefs)

5.) Chromatic notes and enharmonic spelling (how are chromatic notes indicated in score and what is their impact upon the notes to which they are applied?)

6.)Common Ratio of Note Durations

7.) Rests (function, duration, names)

8.) The dot

9.) Flags and beams

10.) Beat (description and possible origin

11.) Tempo

12.) Meter–Simple Types

13.) Accent (what does it do and where is it normally found?)

14.) Time Signature (what is it and what does each of the numbers mean?)

15.) Rhythm (define and give examples)

16.) Syncopation (explain in context of regular accenting)

17.) Phrase (features and relation to spoken language)>

18.) Types of melodic motion

19.) Cadence and half cadence

20.) Types of text settings