How Music Makes Us Feel
- Expression
- The way musicians use musical elements to communicate ideas, feelings, or emotions.
- Mood
- The feeling or atmosphere created by music.
- Feeling
- An emotion or response that music can communicate or inspire.
- Character
- The quality or personality that music seems to have.
- Style
- The particular way music is created or performed.
- Articulation
- The way a musical note is started, played, connected, or ended.
- Purpose
- The reason music is created or performed.
- Culture
- The shared traditions, ideas, and practices of a group of people, including their music.
- Tradition
- An idea, practice, or piece of music passed from one generation to another.
- Genre
- A category or type of music.
Making & Performing Music
- Sing
- To use the voice to produce musical pitches.
- Play
- To make music using an instrument.
- Perform
- To present music for others to hear.
- Listen
- To pay attention to and think about sounds or music.
- Compose
- To create and organize music.
- Create
- To make something new using musical ideas.
- Improvise
- To create music in the moment without planning every sound ahead of time.
- Conduct
- To lead musicians by showing the beat, tempo, entrances, and expression.
- Accompany
- To provide musical support for a singer or instrumentalist.
- Ensemble
- A group of musicians performing together.
- Audience
- People who listen to or watch a performance.
Writing Music
- Notation
- Written symbols used to show how music should be performed.
- Staff
- The five lines and four spaces where music is written.
- Treble Clef
- A symbol that shows the higher range of pitches on the musical staff.
- Measure
- A section of music containing a specific number of beats.
- Bar Line
- A vertical line that separates measures of music.
- Meter
- The way beats are organized into groups.
- Duple Meter
- Music organized into groups of two beats.
- Quadruple Meter
- Music organized into groups of four beats.
Making Music Together
- Composer
- A person who creates music.
- Musician
- A person who sings or plays music.
- Conductor
- A person who leads an ensemble during a performance.
- Orchestra
- A large ensemble made up primarily of strings, woodwinds, brass, and percussion instruments.
- Symphony
- A large musical composition, often written for orchestra.
- Concert
- A live musical performance for an audience.
