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| Question | Answer |
| What is angular melody ? ♡ | A melody which uses wide intervals ♡ |
| What's a motif ? ♡ | Individual melodic or rhythmic fragment that makes an important contribution to the structure of a piece of music ♡ |
| What's an ostinato ? ♡ | A musical phrase that repeats ♡ |
| What is timbre ? ♡ | The tone quality of sound e.g harsh or mellow ♡ |
| What happens when a note is sharpened ? ♡ | It's raised a semitone higher than the note ♡ |
| What happens when a note is flattened ? ♡ | It's lowered a semitone lower than the note ♡ |
| What is a semitone ? ♡ | A semitone is one step on the keyboard, or the distance between two notes ♡ |
| What is a tone ? ♡ | Two steps on the keyboard or two semitones put together ♡ |
| When are harmonic minor keys used ? ♡ | When writing chords ♡ |
| What is dynamics ? ♡ | How loud or soft a piece of music is ♡ |
| What is legato ? ♡ | Means played smoothly, notes are joined by curving lines ♡ |
| What is staccato ? ♡ | Means notes are shortened, and is indicated by dots above or below the note ♡ |
| What is pulse ? ♡ | The beat ♡ |
| What is pitch ? ♡ | How high or low a sound is ♡ |
| What is a rhythm ? ♡ | A pattern of long & short notes ♡ |
| What is timbre ? ♡ | The quality of the instrumental sound ♡ |
| What is tempo ? ♡ | The speed of a piece of music ♡ |
| What is texture ? ♡ | How many people/instruments there are in a piece ♡ |
| What is syncopation ? ♡ | Emphasising weaker beats; uses a mixture of off- and on-beats ♡ |
| What are polyrhythms ? ♡ | Many rhythms played simultaneously ♡ |
| What is hemiola ? ♡ | A change of emphasis between 2 and 3 beats in a bar ♡ |
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