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AQA GCSE Music Flashcards
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- 1Ritornello'returning' - section of music repeated during concerto
STRUCTURE/FORM DEVICE - 2CouranteOriginated in France
Allegro 3/4
Dotted rhythms - 3Madrigalunaccompanied part song; early Baroque
- 4Terraced Dynamicsabrupt shift of volume levels
- 5Figured Bassnotation device
numbers written below bass; complete chord identification - 6Basso Continuocello plays bass, alongside harpsichord
ORGAN FOR CONTINUO! - 7Baroque1600-1750
complex contrapuntal use
suspension and chromatic inflection - 8Sarabandeoriginated in Spain
largo 2/3
decorated with ornaments - 9Minuetmoderato 3/4
- 10Gigueoriginated in England 'jig'
fastest movement
allegro - compound 6/8 - 11Motetsacred piece for voices using polyphony and much imitation
often acapella - 12Allemandestart of Baroque suite
moderato 4/4 - 13Oratoriolarge scale settings of story in concert, not theatre
- 14Perfect CadenceV-I
full stop - 15Chromaticother notes, as well as that of the scale
- 16Imperfect CadenceI, II, IV - V
musical comma - 17Drone5th apart
played in bass - 18Pedalsustained note while harmonies change
- 19Plagal CadenceIV - !
amen - 20Interrupted CadenceV - VI
surprise comma - 21Diatonicnotes from same scale
- 22Acciaccatura
- 23Polyphonicdifferent parts, different notes, different rhythms
- 24Melodic Diminutionshortening note values, reducing intervals
AUGMENTATION IS OPPOSITE - 25Sequencerepeated phrase at higher or lower pitch
- 26Appoggiatura
- 27Monophonicone texture
- 28Homophonicdifferent parts, different notes, same rhythm
melody and accomp. - mainly chordal - 29Antiphonal'sounding across'
- 30Da Capo Ariaopera solo singer accompanied by orchestra
- 31BinaryAB (2 sections)
- 32Ground Bassmelody in bass line used over and over
- 33TernaryABA (3 sections)
- 34Minuet and Trio
- 35Strophic Formsame music, dif verses
THROUGH COMPOSED IS OPPOSITE - 36Sonata Formexposition, development, recapitulation
- 37RondoA1 B1 A2 C A3 B2 A4
section A comes back - 38Ostinatorepeated rhythmic phrase
- 39Syncopationoff beat rhytms
displacement of accents from strong to weak beats - 40Hemiolatemporary change of metre
- 41Rubatocertain amount of tempo freedom
- 42Largovery slow
- 43Andantewalking pace, steady
- 44Allegrofast, lively
- 45Prestovery fast
- 46Indian Instrumentssitar, srangi, tabla, bansuri, shenhai
- 47Alapopening raga section - improvised
GAT IS OPPOSITE - 48Ragamelody
- 49Talarhythm
- 50Carribean Musicafrican and european musical influences
- 51Instruments of Carribeanguitar, congas, bongos, claves, maracas, cabasa, reco reco, guiro, agogo, tres, cuatro, guitarrone
- 52Salsalively, Cuba origin
'coro' - improv. section
latin percussion
front line of horns
love, everyday lyrics - 53Calypsocarnival 4/4
topical, witty, satirical
form of solo song that combines stories with memorable tunes and rhythms - 54Reggaedeveloped in Jamaica, from ska and rock steady
emphasis on 2 and 4
syncopation - 55Mentojamaican folk
4/4, lively, syncopation
accompanied by acoustic guitar, banjo, hand drums - 56Polyrhytmmay different rhythms playing at the same time
- 57Consonantpleasing
- 58Dissonantclashing
- 59Canonicexact imitation
- 60Samplingtaking an existing sound and using it somewhere else
- 61Reverbecho
- 62Distortionaggressive sound
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