Terms

Duration - The element of time in music
Beat - the underlying pulse in a piece of music. Steady, and not always "heard", but more "felt".


Rhythm - an organized and repeating pattern of beats and syncopations forming a musical idea. (I've modified this to " an organized and repeating pattern of shorts and longs forming a musical idea".)
Tempo - the speed of the beat. Fast, slow, moderate, etc.
Meter - the automatic breaking up of beats into patterns of two or three in our ear when we hear music. "How the beats are grouped".
Groove - the energy present in music. It's the groove that makes you bop your head in time to music.

Herz (Hz) a measurement of cycles per second.
Human hearing can extend from 20 Hz to 20 kHz (20,000 Hz)
The pitch A is at 440 cycles per second (440 Hz).

Listening Skill Quiz No. 1 - 1/29/15. The selections to listen to are the Billy Joel song "River of Dreams", Bach "Bourree", and The Shaggs' "Philosophy of the World" from in class. I may choose another random selection to see how you do with your listening!

For each example, listen for the elements of music: pitch/melody/cadence; duration/tempo/meter; dynamics - change or stay the same; timbre - what instrument(s) are you hearing?