MUSICAL TERMS

MUSICAL TERMS

1. RHYTHM + METRE

   • RHYTHM
     • DIFFERENT LENGTHS OF SOUND ARE COMBINED
   • METRE
     • REGULAR PATTERNS OF BEATS
   • CROSS RHYTHM
     • ONE RHYTHM PLAYED AGAINST ANOTHER.
   • DOTTED RHYTHM
     • DAAA DUM DAA.....
     • SOUNDS UNEVEN
   • BI- RHYTHM
     • 2 RHYTHMS AT THE SAME TIME.

2. HARMONY + TONALITY

   • HARMONY
     • 2 OR MORE NOTES AT DIFFERENT PITCH SOUNDED @ THE SAME TIME.
   • TONALITY
     • MUSIC BELONGS TO A KEY
   • DIATONIC
     • STAYING WITHIN 1 KEY
   • CONSONANT + DISSONANT
     • SOUNDS PLEASANT + DOESNT.
   • MODULATION
     • CHANGING FROM ONE KEY TO ANOTHER
   • TIERRCE DE CADENCE
     • PIECE OF A MINOR KEY BUT FINAL CHORD = MAJOR
   • HOMOPHONIC
     • MELODY WITH CHORDS ACCOMPANYING
   • POLYPHONIC
     • SEVERAL MELODIES MERGED TOGETHER
   • CONJUCT + DISJUNCT
     • NOTES NEXT TO EACH OTHER + NOTES NOT NEXT TO EACH OTHER

3. TEXTURE + MELODY

   • OSTINATO
     • REPEATED PATTERN CONSTANTLY, NORMALLY WHILE OTHER THINGS HAPPEN ON THE TOP.
   • HOMOPHONIC
     • DIFFERENT PARTS BUT THE SAME RHYTHM
   • UNISON
     • PLAYING OR SINGING SAME TUNE
   • MELODY
     • PHYTHMICALLY ORGANISED PATTERNS OF NOTES

4. STRUCTURE + FORM

   • BINARY
     • AABB
   • TERNARY
     • ABA
   • RONDO
     • ABACA
   • ARC SHAPED
     • ABCBA
   • MIDDLE 8
     • BRIDGE
   • STROPHIC
     • EACH VERSE IS THE SAME MELODY
   • OUTRO
     • FINAL SECTION WHICH IS THE CODA
   • HOOK
     • SHORT CATCHY MUSICAL PHRASE
   • SYMETRICAL 8 BAR PHRASES
     • 8 BAR PHRASES THAT BALANCE EACH OTHER OUT
   • DE CAPO ARIA
     • OPERA

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