Mr. Hernandez” definitions of these musical terms (simplified)

Element Title & composer:

Tempo Meter Melody Mode Medium Texture Dynamics Form Fill-in the chart below.

“Mr. Hernandez” definitions of these musical terms (simplified):Tempo – essentially, how fast or slow – so ask yourself, is this is a slow tempo, fast tempo, or somewhere in between, we call that moderato or mediumMeter – how many big beats do you feel, three beats like a waltz (oom, pah, pah) or perhaps as two-beats or four-beatsMelody – is the melody sound fairly scalar (conjunct), as moving step-wise, or does melody have lots of huge skips (leaps) in that the singer or instrumentalist is low then high then low againMode – this one difficult but you figure out if a minor or major scale is being utilized – don’t sweat this one if you can’t it out, really don’t worry about itMedium – simply state/describe what all you hear: Voices singing (and if so, how many – duet, trio, etc)? Drums? Piano? Guitars? Bass? Horns? Orchestra? Texture – you may wish to study this term more in the book, most textures nowadays are homophonic, that means melody with accompaniment; check the book for more on the other forms (e.g., monophonic, polyphonic, etc)Dynamics – how loud or soft; this does not mean your stereo or necessarily decibel level, rather this means what is the intensity level – is it intense, forceful, or is the song or piece soft, calm, serene? If it is strong & intense, that could be forte – if it is calm, peaceful that is more piano – obviously, dynamics refers to loud or soft, but moreover it refers to intensity; something passionate and powerful doesn’t necessarily have to be loud pounding your eardrums Form – form pretty much means sections of different or unique melodies; so like the verse is a section and the chorus is also a section; most songs are AB or strophic because they contain verse-chorus-verse-chorus and so; some songs have a third section that serves as a contrasting section so those might go something like this: ABABCA or even ABCAB and the like

Answer the questions below. Please expand your answers beyond a “yes” or “no” answer.

Comment on “theme and variation form.” Did you find the form to be boring or were you excited to hear what Mozart would come up with next?

Which was your favorite variation? Why?

In which variation(s) were you able to hear the main theme more clearly?

In which variation(s) was it more difficult for you to hear the main theme?

What is different about variation VII (8) compared to the other variations?

Provide a Listening Guide. Be sure to include a “time” column describing where each variation occurs and a “Listen for” column where you will describe something about the music.