Flashcards › Music Terms Review 1

the structure and design of a composition form a steady recurring pulse beat a musical form where parts enter at different times but have the same melody throughout canon the immediate restatement of a melodic passage at a higher or lower pitch sequence the quick repetition of one or more pitches tremolo an intentionally organized succession of musical tones melody combination of long and short sounds that convey a sense of movement rhythm interval of silence in a piece of music rest a composition in which the same melody is started at different times and sounded together; also called a canon round a sign that indicates a section should be repeated repeat sign Sept. 12 -