Frage | Antworten |
A type of articulation where a particular note needs to be stressed | Accent |
Also reffered to as a crushed note, an acciacatura is a note of decoration played in as short a time as possible. | Acciacatura |
This is when you add a further note to a triad that is seven notes above the root. | Added seventh |
An accompaniment played in the left hand of a keyboard part using broken chords to produce a regular rhythmic pattern. | Alberti Bass |
A note of decoration that takes its value away from the following note, it is accented but not harmonised. | Appoggiatura |
Music in at least five sections in the form A B C B A | Arch shape, arch form |
Playing the notes of a chord by spreading them out (most commonly from the bottom). This technique is usually found on pianos, guitars and harps. | Arpeggio |
The doubling of note values or the widening of an interval. | Augmentation |
A small unbit of music; the number of beats in each bar is shown in the time signature. | Bar |
Music in two sections which are similar. There is usually a repetition of each part. | Binary form |
Melodic movement by step | Conjunct |
A bass part written in the baroque period, consisting of a bass line with, sometimes, the addition of figures indicating the harmonies to be played - a fingured bass. Normally played by a keyboard instrument, e.g. the harpsichord. | Continuo |
Gradually getting louder. | Crescendo |
A quarter note, often equivalent to one beat. | Crotchet |
Melodic movement by leap. | Disjunct |
A composition where the theme recurs, possibly in different styles, throughout the work. | Cyclic |
Sounds which clash when played together | Dissonant |
A note that is worth one and a half times the original value. | Dotted notes |
A quarter note, often equivalent to one beat. | Crotchet |
A composition where the theme recurs, possibly in different styles, throughout the work. | Cyclic |
A solo song in ternary form I.E. the music has three sections where the first an last are similar but the middle is modulated to a relative key. | Da capo aria |
Music written using the major or minor scale/key. | Diatonic |
The use of two different rhythms being played at the same time. | Bi-rhythm |
An altered or flattened note found in blues music. This is usually the third, fifth or seventh note of the scale being flattened. | Blue note |
Beats Per Minute | BMP |
A type of accompaniment where the notes of a chord are spread out. | Broken chords |
Gradually getting quieter. | Diminuendo |
A progression of two chords at the end of a musical phrase. | Cadence |
A solo, vocal or instrumnetal passage using improvisation based on the previous music. | Cadenza |
A phrase of music which is then changed slightly to sound completed by another musician. | Call and response |
Imitation where perforers enter with the same tune before the previous entry has finished, producing an overlapping effect. | Canonic |
Small group of players or singers for example of a string quartet. | Chamber group |
Music written for a small group of players or singers. | Chamber music |
Two or more notes sounded together. | Chord |
Used to describe a chord in a simple manner, usually letters e.g. c, Gm | Chord symbol |
Music written using both the black notes of the piano; a scale which moves up by by a smeitone of the notes of a diatonic scale. | Chromatic |
A note that is one semitone less than a perfect fourth, perfect fifth or minor seventh. | Diminished |
A rounding-off section. | Coda/codetta |
Time signatures based on a dotted crochet beat, divided into three quavers. E.g. 6/8, 3/4. | Compound time |
Time signatures based on a dotted crochet beat, divided into three quavers. E.g. 6/8, 3/4. | Con arco |
The shortening of note values in a melody (usually by halving them) or reducing the intervals within a melody. | Diminution |
Music for a featured solo instrument/s and an orchestra. | Concerto |
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