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| Question | Answer |
| 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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