Mozart:Symphony No. 40

Mozart:Symphony No. 40

1. Symphony

   • A large scale genre for orchestra in three or four movements. Sonta form was often used for the first and last movements in symphonies

2. Sonta Form

   • A large scale form invented in the Classical era comprising three sections - exposition, development and recapitulation

3. Exposition

   • The first part of a composition in sonata form that introduces the themes

4. Development

   • The part of a movement or composition in which a theme or themes are developed

5. Recapitulation

   • the modified restatement of the exposition following the development section in a sonata-form movement

6. 1st Subject

   • The first melody, motif, or theme in a sonata‐form movement, in the tonic key

7. 2nd Subject

   • The second melody, motif, or theme in a sonata- form movement

8. Bridge Passage

   • A linking passage often used to change the key of the music (modulate) in preparation for the second subject

9. Orchestra

   • a group of performers playing different musical instruments, such as stringed instruments, clarinets and flutes, cornets and trombones, drums, and cymbals

10. Sequence/Sequential movement

    • Sections of music that follow each other

11. Chromatic Movement

    • Half step movement that involves only one basic note

12. Major and minor

    • a major or minor interval, chord, scale, etc

13. Dominant pedal

    • A sustained (or repeated) note on the dominant note of the key

14. Circle of 5ths

    • Going through all the note in a circular fashion

15. Diatonic

    • notes or chords belonging to or literally 'of the key'