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Musical Terms
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- 1Musical TermsGood luck!
- 2MetreTime signature
- 3TonalityMajor or Minor
- 4TextureThe layers of music and how they are related
- 5TimbreThe use and combination of instruments/voices
- 6DynamicsLouds and softs
- 7ModulationChanging key
- 8DroneSustained notes, common in Indian music or for bagpipes
- 9PedalRepeated or sustained note, usually in the bass
- 10TonicChord I
- 11SubdominantChord IV
- 12DominantChord V
- 13DiatonicUsing notes only from that key
- 14Dissonance/DiscordsClashing harmonies
- 15Perfect CadenceV-I
Sounds finished - 16Imperfect CadenceI, II, or IV-V
Sounds unfinished - 17Plagal CadenceIV-I
'Amen' cadence - 18Interrupted CadenceV-IV
The 'surprise cadence' - 19PizzicatoPlucking a stringed instrument, e.g. violin
- 20Double StoppingTwo strings bowed of plucked simultaniously while holding them down
- 21DistortionA change in the sound of usually a guitar making it sound fuzzy, raspy or harsh
- 22String BendingMoving a held-down string, often on a guitar to create a different sound
- 23Power ChordsChords that consist of the root note and the fifth
- 24VocoderUsed for speech synthesis
- 25DelayAn audio effect which records an input and then plays it back after a period of time, creating an echo-type effect
- 26MultitrackingSeparate recorded audio tracks mixed into one single track
- 27Strophic FormHaving the same music for each stanza, e.g. Silent Night
- 28Call and ResponseAa succession of two phrases usually by different musicians, where the second phrase is heard as a response to the first
e.g. Oh Happy Day - 29Binary FormAB
- 30Ternary FormABA
- 31ArchABCBA
- 32Ground BassA repeated bass line
- 33RondoABACABA
- 34Antiphonal/ContrapuntalWhere a musical phrase is passed from one group of performers to the other
- 35Pitch BendSliding between two notes
- 36CanonicSimilar to a round, where the imitating part repeats the melody, but comes to an end
- 37AcciaccaturaA crushed note
- 38AppoggiaturaA grace note that steals half the value from the note it is attached to
- 39PentatonicA scale including only the notes C,D,F,G and A
- 40MordentA single rapid alternation between the note and the one above or below it (three notes total)
- 41TrillA rapid alternation between the note and the one above or below it
- 42OctavesPlaying together eight notes apart
- 43ScalicMovement by step
- 44UnisonTwo or more instruments/voices playing the same note at the same time
- 45Single Melody LineOne instrument/voice only
- 46Melody with AccompanimentMost pop songs use this (basic song form)
- 47PolyphonicTwo or more melodies interweave, commonly in classical music
- 48SequenceMelodic phrase repeated a step higher or lower
- 49IntervalThe distance between two notes
- 50HomophonicPlaying harmonies with the same rhythm
- 51DisjunctLots of leaps in the melody
- 52ConjunctMovement mainly by step
- 53DiatonicUsing notes only from that key
- 54SyncopationRhythm off the beat, commonly used in pop vocals
- 55Drum fillsShort drum solos
- 56SwingPlacing unequal emphasis on quavers, used in blues
- 57Dotted RhythmsA rhythm in which the beat is unequally divided into a longer (dotted) note and a shorter note
- 58BPMBeats per minute
- 59AccelerandoGradually getting faster
- 60Adagio/Lento/LargoSlow
- 61AndanteAt a walking pace
- 62PrestoVery fast
- 63ModeratoModerate
- 64RallentandoGradually getting slower
- 65AllegroFast
- 66RubatoLiterally meaning 'robbed time' - the piece may speed up and slow down at the performer's discretion
- 67VivaceLively
- 68TripletsA group of three notes having the time value of two notes of the same kind
- 69DimunutionHalving note values
- 70AugmentationDoubling note values
- 71PolyrhythmsA rhythm which makes use of two or more different rhythms simultaneously, common in African music
- 72Cross-RhythmsTwo notes being played against three (e.g. groups of two quavers in the right hand of a piano and groups of triplets in the left)
- 73Time SignatureExamples include 4/4, 3/4, 2/4 and 6/8
- 74HemiolaTypically where two groups of three beats are replaced by three groups of two beats, giving the effect of a shift between triple and duple metre
- 75ChromaticUsing notes not belonging to the key in which the piece is written in
- 76ConsonanceA pleasing, agreeable harmony
- 77Alberti BassA broken chord pattern of lowest, highest, middle, highest
- 78Triadic/Broken Chords/ArpeggioPlaying the notes of a chord separately one after the other
- 79ImitationOne instrument/voice plays a melody which is immediately copied by another, though not necessarily at the same pitch
- 80InversionWhere a tune is turned 'upside down' so the intervals between notes which rise in the original now fall (and vice versa)
- 81Slide/Glissando/PortamentoSliding from one note to another, playing all the ones in between
- 82Ostinato/Riff/LoopA short rhythmic or melodic phrase or pattern that is repeated a number of times. Ostinato for classical, riff for pop music, loop for dance tracks
- 83Con arcoPlaying a string instrument with a bow
- 84TremoloLiterally meaning 'quivering', it is a string effect to add tension or agitation
- 85FalsettoA technique to allow male singers to sing higher than their normal range
- 86VibratoAn effect caused by small and rapid changes to the pitch of a note, used by string players and singers to add warmth
- 87CrescendoGetting louder
- 88DiminuendoGetting quieter
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- Musical terms to know for GCSE Music
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