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

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Musical terms to know for GCSE Music
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