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Flashcards by nicolalennon12, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by nicolalennon12
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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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