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Question | Answer |
Ritornello | 'returning' - section of music repeated during concerto STRUCTURE/FORM DEVICE |
Courante | Originated in France Allegro 3/4 Dotted rhythms |
Madrigal | unaccompanied part song; early Baroque |
Terraced Dynamics | abrupt shift of volume levels |
Figured Bass | notation device numbers written below bass; complete chord identification |
Basso Continuo | cello plays bass, alongside harpsichord ORGAN FOR CONTINUO! |
Baroque | 1600-1750 complex contrapuntal use suspension and chromatic inflection |
Sarabande | originated in Spain largo 2/3 decorated with ornaments |
Minuet | moderato 3/4 |
Gigue | originated in England 'jig' fastest movement allegro - compound 6/8 |
Motet | sacred piece for voices using polyphony and much imitation often acapella |
Allemande | start of Baroque suite moderato 4/4 |
Oratorio | large scale settings of story in concert, not theatre |
Perfect Cadence | V-I full stop |
Chromatic | other notes, as well as that of the scale |
Imperfect Cadence | I, II, IV - V musical comma |
Drone | 5th apart played in bass |
Pedal | sustained note while harmonies change |
Plagal Cadence | IV - ! amen |
Interrupted Cadence | V - VI surprise comma |
Diatonic | notes from same scale |
Acciaccatura | |
Polyphonic | different parts, different notes, different rhythms |
Melodic Diminution | shortening note values, reducing intervals AUGMENTATION IS OPPOSITE |
Sequence | repeated phrase at higher or lower pitch |
Appoggiatura | |
Monophonic | one texture |
Homophonic | different parts, different notes, same rhythm melody and accomp. - mainly chordal |
Antiphonal | 'sounding across' |
Da Capo Aria | opera solo singer accompanied by orchestra |
Binary | AB (2 sections) |
Ground Bass | melody in bass line used over and over |
Ternary | ABA (3 sections) |
Minuet and Trio | |
Strophic Form | same music, dif verses THROUGH COMPOSED IS OPPOSITE |
Sonata Form | exposition, development, recapitulation |
Rondo | A1 B1 A2 C A3 B2 A4 section A comes back |
Ostinato | repeated rhythmic phrase |
Syncopation | off beat rhytms displacement of accents from strong to weak beats |
Hemiola | temporary change of metre |
Rubato | certain amount of tempo freedom |
Largo | very slow |
Andante | walking pace, steady |
Allegro | fast, lively |
Presto | very fast |
Indian Instruments | sitar, srangi, tabla, bansuri, shenhai |
Alap | opening raga section - improvised GAT IS OPPOSITE |
Raga | melody |
Tala | rhythm |
Carribean Music | african and european musical influences |
Instruments of Carribean | guitar, congas, bongos, claves, maracas, cabasa, reco reco, guiro, agogo, tres, cuatro, guitarrone |
Salsa | lively, Cuba origin 'coro' - improv. section latin percussion front line of horns love, everyday lyrics |
Calypso | carnival 4/4 topical, witty, satirical form of solo song that combines stories with memorable tunes and rhythms |
Reggae | developed in Jamaica, from ska and rock steady emphasis on 2 and 4 syncopation |
Mento | jamaican folk 4/4, lively, syncopation accompanied by acoustic guitar, banjo, hand drums |
Polyrhytm | may different rhythms playing at the same time |
Consonant | pleasing |
Dissonant | clashing |
Canonic | exact imitation |
Sampling | taking an existing sound and using it somewhere else |
Reverb | echo |
Distortion | aggressive sound |
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