MUS 103 Terms for Final Exam 1. pitch - the relative highness or lowness of a sound 2. pitch class – a note without reference to its octave location or spelling 3. enharmonic – same sound, different spelling 4. interval – the distance between two pitches 5. compound interval – an interval wider than an octave 6. perfect consonances – unisons, octaves, and fifths 7. imperfect consonances – thirds and sixths 8. dissonances – seconds, sevenths, and any augmented or diminished interval 9. tritone – interval of an augmented fourth or diminished fifth 10. tonic – scale degree 1 11. dominant – scale degree 5 12. subdominant – scale degree 4 13. mediant – scale degree 3 14. submediant – scale degree 6 15. supertonic – scale degree 2 16. leading tone – scale degree 7 a half step below tonic 17. subtonic – scale degree 7 a whole step below tonic 18. scale degrees – the various steps in a scale 19. rhythm – the temporal aspect of music 20. beat – a regular pulse underlying music 21. downbeat – the first beat of a measure 22. meter – the grouping of beats 23. tempo – the speed of the beat 24. duple meter – two beats per measure 25. triple meter – three beats per measure 26. quadruple meter – four beats per measure 27. simple meter – the beat is divided in two 28. compound meter – the beat is divided in three 29. relative keys – same pitch classes (signature), different tonics 30. parallel keys – same tonics, different pitch classes (signature) 31. motive – a brief musical idea with distinctive character 32. phrase – a complete musical thought 33. period – a group of phrases 34. antecedent – the first phrase in a period 35. consequent – the second phrase in a period 36. cadence – a point of repose 37. parallel period – a period in which the beginning of each phrase is identical 38. contrasting period – a period in which the beginnings of the phrases are different 39. three-phrase period – a period with three phrases 40. double period – a period with four phrases 41. chord – three or more pitches played simultaneously 42. tertian harmony – chords built on consecutive thirds 43. triad – a chord with three different pitches 44. seventh chord – a tertian chord with four different pitches 45. root – the pitch on which a chord is built when stacked in consecutive thirds 46. bass – the lowest sounding note in a chord, regardless of inversion 47. root position – the root of the chord is in the bass 48. first inversion – the third of the chord is in the bass 49. second inversion – the fifth of the chord is in the bass 50. third inversion – the seventh of the chord is in the bass .