Scale
A set of notes in order of their pitch
Bass line
Lowest line in a piece of music
Soprano
High female voice
Alto
Low female voice
Tenor
High male voice
Bass
Low male voice
Jazz
Music with swung rhythms, clashing sounds and brass and woodwind instruments
Salsa
Music from Latin America that is a mix of traditional latin music and Jazz
Blues
Music from America with the 12 bar blues sequence
Tango
Music from South America with spikey rhytms
Pulse
The steady beat
Accompaniment
Music played by instruments behind the main performer
Waltz
A dance counted in threes
Countermelody
A second melody in music, playe at teh same time as the first
Tempo
The speed of the music
Ostinato
Repeating pattern