Music mind map

Music mind map

1. Dynamics

   • pianssimo
   • piano
   • Mezzo piano
   • Mezzo Forte
   • Forte
   • fortissimo

2. Time Signatures

   • Simple Time
     • 2/4
     • 4/4
   • Compound Time
     • 6/8
     • 12/8

3. Scottish Music

   • Dance
     • Waltz
       • 3/4
     • reel
       • Fast
       • 4/4
     • Strathpey
       • Dotted rhythm
       • 4/4
     • Jig
       • Compound Time
     • march
       • Steady beat
       • 4/4
   • Vocal Music
     • Waulking Song
       • sung by women
       • Beating Sound
     • Bothy Ballad
       • Men
       • Tells story
     • Gaelic Psalm
       • Call and Response
       • doesn't sound nice
     • Mouth Music
       • imitation of instruments
       • nonsense made up words
     • Scots Ballad
       • Lots of verses and a chorus
       • Telling a Story

4. Key Signatures

   • C Major
     • 0 sharps or flats
   • F major
     • 1 flat
   • G major
     • 1 sharp

5. Tonality

   • Major
   • Minor
   • Atonal

6. Structure/form

   • Binary Form
     • A/B
   • Ternary Form
     • A/B/C
   • Rondo Form
   • Theme and Variation
   • Strophic
   • Unison
   • Harmony
   • repitition
   • ostinato/riff
   • canon
   • verse and chorus
   • Middle 8
   • cadenza
     • soloist shows off
   • Imitation
   • episode
   • Bass Lines
     • Alberti Bass
       • broken chord
     • Walking Bass
       • bass moving by step
     • Ground bass
       • Theme in the bass
     • Pedal
       • sustained note
   • coda

7. Texture

   • Homophonic
     • All parts move at the same time
   • Polyphonic/contrapuntal
     • Parts move at different times

8. Periods of music

   • Classical
     • Alberti Bass
     • Symphony
     • concerto
   • Baroque
     • Harpsichord
     • Opera
       • Aria
     • Trill
   • Romantic
   • 20th Century
     • impressionist
     • Whole tone scale

9. Styles

   • Blues
   • Jazz
   • rock
   • pop
   • rock n roll
   • musical
   • Scottish
   • Latin American
   • Ragtime
   • Swing
   • Reggae
   • African
   • Rapping
   • Gospel
   • minimalist
   • indian

10. Melody/ Harmony Features

    • Scale
      • major
      • minor
      • penatonic
      • whole tone
    • leap
    • Repitition
    • Sequence
    • Improvisation
    • Chord
    • Dischord
    • Drone
      • Bagpipes
    • Broken Chord/ arpeggio
    • Chord progression
    • Modulation
      • change of key
    • Pedal
      • inverted pedal
    • octave
    • ornament
      • trill
    • Grace Notes
    • Glissando
    • Contrary Motion
    • word setting
      • syllabic
      • melismatic
    • counter melody
    • Descant
      • chord that doesn't fit
    • pitch bend
    • tones and semitones

11. rhythm and tempo

    • accent
    • beats in the bar
    • march
    • reel
    • waltz
    • Adagio
      • slow
    • allegro
      • fast
    • syncopation
    • Scots snap
    • Strathspey
    • jig
    • Simple time
      • 2/4 3/4 4/4
    • Compound time
      • 6/8 9/8 12/8
      • jig-I-ty
    • Anacrusis
      • up beat
    • Andante
      • walking pace
    • Accelerando
      • speed up
    • Rallentando
      • slow down
    • Dotted rythm
    • Rubato
      • robbed time
    • Moderato
      • medium speed
    • Cross rythms

12. Timbre/ Dynamics

    • Orchestra
      • strings
      • woodwind
      • Brass
      • precussion
    • Steel Band
    • Folk group
    • Scottish Dance Band
      • accordian
      • fiddle
      • drum kit
    • staccato
    • legato
    • Distortion
    • Muted
      • con sordino
    • Voices
      • sopranno
      • Mezzo sopranno
      • Alto
      • bass
      • baritone
      • tennor
    • flutter tonging
    • rolls
    • reverb
    • a capella