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Flashcards by Brianna McCarthy, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Brianna McCarthy
over 9 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| A note or two occurring BEFORE the first beat Eg. Happy birthday song | Anacrusis |
| When the accent or ornamentation is NOT on the first or third beat/ on the weaker beats | Syncopation |
| When the accent IS on the first and third bar | Backbeat |
| Two or more conflicting rhythms | Polyrhythms |
| Italian terms Slowest to fastest | Lento, Adagio, Andante, Moderato, Allegro, Vivace, Presto |
| Gradually getting faster | Accelerando |
| The speed of which the chordal progression moves | Rate of harmonic change |
| When the notes of a chord are split up and played one at a time | Arpegio |
| A type of arpegio with a repeated pattern often in the left hand of piano accompaniment | Alberti bass |
| A two chord progression that acts like a punctuation point in a musical phrase | Cadence |
| Musical sentence - indicated by the pausing or rest of music | Phrase |
| Shorter than a phrase | Fragment |
| A part of melody that may be repeated, imitated, transposed and shared between instruments | Motif |
| Shape of the melody | contour |
| Moves with an interval of a second | Step |
| Moves with an interval of a third or more | A leap |
| A fragment or motif that is repeated at different pitches | Sequence |
| A rapid alternation of two neighbouring pitches | Trill |
| A second or contrasting melody that is played at the same time as the main melody | Counter melody |
| A type of melodic construction with two sections; the first is not resolved and is the second develops the melodic material provided | Question and Answer |
| A and B sections only | Binary |
| ABA structure | Ternary |
| ABACAD | Rhondo |
| Single layer, one melodic line, unison | Monophonic texture |
| A melody line with a chordal accompaniment | Homophonic texture |
| Many melody lines playing at the same time | Polyphonic texture |
| Melodic contour of two melodies are the same | Similar motion |
| Melodies move in opposite directions | Contrary motion |
| Other word for tone colour | Timbre |
| Wind instruments | Aerophones |
| Stringed instruments | Chordophones |
| Drums covered by a membrane | Menbranophones |
| Percussion | Idiophones |
| Synonyms for mellow | Warm, sweet, resonant, smooth, sensual |
| Synonyms for bright | Sparkling, shimmering, pure, clear |
| Synonyms for aggresive | Distorted, coarse, dark, muddy |
| synonym for reedy | Eerie, haunting, murky, thin |
| Synonym for synthetic | Artificial, electronic, buzzing, futuristic, beeping |
| Synonym for piercing | Metallic, brassy, blazing |
| Synonym for dry | Hollow, percussive, rumbling |
| Synonym for grand | Majestic, booming, powerful, strong, ringing |
| Synonym for breathy | Airy, panting, muffled, wheezing, muted |
| Purpose of counter melody | Complements main melody |
| Purpose of harmonic accompaniment | Establish the tonality of the piece |
| What to do when asked a tone colour question | List performing media in each section, describe quality of sounds, explain the role of each sound source, explain how they are created |
| Italian dynamic terms Soft - Loud | Pianissimo, piano, Mezzoforte, forte, fortissimo, sforzando |
| Gradual increase in volume | Crescendo |
| Gradual decrease in volume | qDiminuendo |
| Sudden change in dynamic | Subito |
| Expressive: smooth and well connected | Legato |
| Expressive: Short and detached | Staccato |
| Drawing out the full length of each note | Tenuto |
| Played with the bow | Arco |
| Plucked strings | Pizzicato |
| When listening for unity: | - contant metre, pulse or patterns? - Similar contours? - Key remains same? - Repetition of structure pieces? - Similar layers? |
| When listening for contrast: | - Rhythmic changes? - Contrasting high and low pitches/ contours? - New sections? - Changing roles of instruments? |
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