Schoenberg 'Peripetie' Vocab

Question	Answer
ATONAL	Having no overall key
KLANGFARBENMELODIE	'tone colour melody' used to describe how timbre contributes to a melody, pitch or rhythm
MUTE	a device that can be fitted to an instrument to quieten the sound
SEHR RASH	very fast
RUHIGER	quieter, or calmer
HEFTIG	violent
EXPRESSONISM	a style of music which Schoenberg used to express feelings as intensely as possible
BROAD RONDO FORM	a musical structure in which the main melody alternates with contrasting sections 'ABACA'
HAUPSTIMME	the most important part
NEBENSTIMME	the second most important part
HEXACHORD	a chord made up of six notes
TERRACED DYNAMICS	dynamics shift from soft to loud abruptly and back without gradual crescendos
COMPLIMENT	6 semitones not used in the first hexachord
CHROMATICISM	the use of notes which are foreign to the mode or diatonic scale in which the piece is based on
IMPRESSIONIST	a movement in European Classical Music where focus is on suggestion and atmosphere
RETROGRADE	notes of a tone row backwards
INVERSION	a given melody turned upside down
PRIME ROW/ORDER	a set of 12 notes which are non repeating
SERIALISM	a technique of composition based on the 12 note tone row scale
ENHARMONIC	a note that is equivalent to another note

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