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Pregunta | Respuesta |
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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