A type of articulation where a particular note needs to be stressed

Also reffered to as a crushed note, an acciacatura is a note of decoration played in as short a time as possible.

This is when you add a further note to a triad that is seven notes above the root.

An accompaniment played in the left hand of a keyboard part using broken chords to produce a regular rhythmic pattern.

A note of decoration that takes its value away from the following note, it is accented but not harmonised.

Music in at least five sections in the form A B C B A

Playing the notes of a chord by spreading them out (most commonly from the bottom). This technique is usually found on pianos, guitars and harps.

The doubling of note values or the widening of an interval.

A small unbit of music; the number of beats in each bar is shown in the time signature.

Music in two sections which are similar. There is usually a repetition of each part.

Melodic movement by step

A bass part written in the baroque period, consisting of a bass line with, sometimes, the addition of figures indicating the harmonies to be played - a fingured bass. Normally played by a keyboard instrument, e.g. the harpsichord.

Gradually getting louder.

A quarter note, often equivalent to one beat.

Melodic movement by leap.

A composition where the theme recurs, possibly in different styles, throughout the work.

Sounds which clash when played together

A note that is worth one and a half times the original value.

A quarter note, often equivalent to one beat.

A composition where the theme recurs, possibly in different styles, throughout the work.

A solo song in ternary form I.E. the music has three sections where the first an last are similar but the middle is modulated to a relative key.

Music written using the major or minor scale/key.

The use of two different rhythms being played at the same time.

An altered or flattened note found in blues music. This is usually the third, fifth or seventh note of the scale being flattened.

Beats Per Minute

A type of accompaniment where the notes of a chord are spread out.

Gradually getting quieter.

A progression of two chords at the end of a musical phrase.

A solo, vocal or instrumnetal passage using improvisation based on the previous music.

A phrase of music which is then changed slightly to sound completed by another musician.

Imitation where perforers enter with the same tune before the previous entry has finished, producing an overlapping effect.

Small group of players or singers for example of a string quartet.

Music written for a small group of players or singers.

Two or more notes sounded together.

Used to describe a chord in a simple manner, usually letters

e.g. c, Gm

Music written using both the black notes of the piano; a scale which moves up by by a smeitone of the notes of a diatonic scale.

A note that is one semitone less than a perfect fourth, perfect fifth or minor seventh.

A rounding-off section.

Time signatures based on a dotted crochet beat, divided into three quavers.

E.g. 6/8, 3/4.

Time signatures based on a dotted crochet beat, divided into three quavers.

E.g. 6/8, 3/4.

The shortening of note values in a melody (usually by halving them) or reducing the intervals within a melody.

Music for a featured solo instrument/s and an orchestra.