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- 1QuaverAn eighth note; a note that lasts half a crotchet.
- 2Primary chordsChords based on the first, fourth and fifth notes of the scale.
- 3Note valuesThe duration of a note, the main ones being:
Semibreve - whole note
Minim - half note
Crochet - quarter note
Quaver - eighth note
Semiquaver - sixteenth note - 4OctavesPlaying the same tune/melody together at different octaves.
- 5OrnamentationDecorating the written pitch.
- 6OstinatoA repeated musical phrase or rhythm.
- 7Piano (dynamic marking)Quiet.
- 8PianissimoVery quiet.
- 9PentatonicA scale based on five notes. The black notes on a piano produce such a scale.
- 10PhrasingDividing a melody into phrases or short units.
- 11Pitch bendTechnique associated with guitar playing, the player frets a string then pushes it sideways to bend the pitch.
- 12PizzacatoPlucking the strings of a stringed instrument instead of using a bow.
- 13Polyphonic/contrapuntalA type of musical texture where different parts sing and/or play different notes using different rhythms layers on to of one another.
- 14PolyrhythmWhere several different rhythms are played or sung together.
- 15CrotchetA quarter note, often equivalent to one beat.
- 16DisjunctMelodic movement by leap.
- 17CyclicA composition where the theme recurs, possibly in different styles, throughout the work.
- 18DissonantSounds which clash when played together
- 19Dotted notesA note that is worth one and a half times the original value.
- 20Sustained note or notes at a fixed pitch, usually as a bass part.Drone
- 21DroneSustained note or notes at a fixed pitch, usually as a bass part.
- 22ForteLoud
- 23FortissimoVery loud.
- 24FalsettoA male adult singing in a vocal register that is higher than normal.
- 25First movement formAlso known as sonata form, this contains three main sections. The first is the main theme, the second is developments of said theme and the third is where the main theme returns.
- 26FlatThe lowering of pitch by a semitone.
- 27Da capo ariaA 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.
- 28Free rhythmWhere the rhythm of the music is not set by regular bar lines but determined by the performer in response to the flow of the music.
- 29Glissando/slide/portamentoSliding from one note to the other.
- 30Ground bassMusic where a bass pattern or melody is repeated several times underneath the melody of the other parts.
- 31Harmonic/homophonicA type of musical texture where different parts sing and/or play different notes but move together in the same rhythm.
- 32DiatonicMusic written using the major or minor scale/key.
- 33HemiolaWhere two bars of 3/4 are played as three bars of 2/4 or one bar of 3/2.
- 34ImitationWhere entries copy, usually exactly, the musical phrase which has just been heard.
- 35Imperfect cadenceTonic, or another chord, to dominant, an incomplete cadence which is like a musical comma, you expect to hear more.
- 36ImprovisationTo make up or extemporise; in practice, improvisation is generally done on a particular musical feature such as melody, chord sequence or scale.
- 37DiminuendoGradually getting quieter.
- 38Interrupted cadenceDominant to (usually) submediant rather than the expected tonic.
- 39IntervalThe distance in pitch between two notes.
- 40InversionTurning a melody "upside down" but keeping its intervals.
- 41Irregular rhythmsMusic where the time signature changes or where the accents frequently shift.
- 42KeyThe tonal centre of the music which is indicated by the presence by one or more sharps or flats unless it's in C major or A minor.
- 43LayeredMusic built up by several strands.
- 44MajorMusic based on a major scale: TTSTTTS
- 45DiminishedA note that is one semitone less than a perfect fourth, perfect fifth or minor seventh.
- 46MetreRefers to the use of a time signature; the number of beats in a bar.
- 47Mezzo ForteFairly loud
- 48Middle eightTerm given to the contrasting section in a pop song, usually eight bars long.
- 49MinimA half note; a note lasting two crotchets.
- 50MinorMusic based on the minor scale
- 51Minuet and trioA dance style written in 3/4 time that uses binary form.
- 52DiminutionThe shortening of note values in a melody (usually by halving them) or reducing the intervals within a melody.
- 53ModalA type of scale which is essentially starting on a different note of the scale to give it a different feel.
- 54ModulationMoving from one key to another.
- 55MordentThe insertion of the note above or below the written note.
- 56Mezzo pianoFairly quiet
- 57AccentA type of articulation where a particular note needs to be stressed.
- 58AcciacaturaAlso reffered to as a crushed note, an acciacatura is a note of decoration played in as short a time as possible.
- 59Added seventhThis is when you add a further note to a triad that is seven notes above the root.
- 60Alberti BassAn accompaniment played in the left hand of a keyboard part using broken chords to produce a regular rhythmic pattern.
- 61AppoggiaturaA note of decoration that takes its value away from the following note, it is accented but not harmonised.
- 62Arch shape, arch formMusic in at least five sections in the form A B C B A
- 63ArpeggioPlaying the notes of a chord by spreading them out (most commonly from the bottom). This technique is usually found on pianos, guitars and harps.
- 64AugmentationThe doubling of note values or the widening of an interval.
- 65BarA small unbit of music; the number of beats in each bar is shown in the time signature.
- 66Binary formMusic in two sections which are similar. There is usually a repetition of each part.
- 67Bi-rhythmThe use of two different rhythms being played at the same time.
- 68Blue noteAn altered or flattened note found in blues music. This is usually the third, fifth or seventh note of the scale being flattened.
- 69BMPBeats Per Minute
- 70Broken chords.A type of accompaniment where the notes of a chord are spread out.
- 71CadenceA progression of two chords at the end of a musical phrase.
- 72CadenzaA solo, vocal or instrumnetal passage using improvisation based on the previouss music.
- 73Call and responseA phrase of music which is then changed slightly to sound completed by another musician.
- 74CanonicImitation where perforers enter with the same tune before the previous entry has finished, producing an overlapping effect.
- 75Chamber groupSmall group of players or singers for example of a string quartet.
- 76Chamber musicMusic written for a small group of players or singers.
- 77ChordTwo or more notes sounded together.
- 78Chord symbolUsed to describe a chord in a simple manner, usually letters
e.g. c, Gm - 79ChromaticMusic 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.
- 80Coda/codettaA rounding-off section.
- 81Compound timeTime signatures based on a dotted crochet beat, divided into three quavers.
E.g. 6/8, 3/4. - 82Con arcoUsing a bow to produce a note on a string instrument.
- 83ConcertoMusic for a featured solo instrument/s and an orchestra.
- 84ConjunctMelodic movement by step
- 85ContinuoA 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.
- 86CrescendoGradually getting louder.
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