20th & 21st Century Styles Flashcards
(24 cards)
Coda
Passage at the end of a piece that rounds it off effectively
Hi Hat Cymbals
Two cymbals that are opened and closed
Part of a drum kit
Middle 8
A section of music that is 8 bars long and happens in the middle of the song
Contrast to the opening of the song
Snare drum
Drum played with sticks or brushes that is played either part of a drum kit or marching band
Verse & Chorus
Verse is repeated
Chorus is inbetween verses
A cappella
Unaccompanied vocal music
A tempo
Music returns to the main tempo after a change
Anacrusis
An upbeat
Atonal
No feeling of key
Cluster
A chord made up of clashing notes
Discord
Clashing notes
Dotted Rhythms
A long note followed by a shorter note followed by a long note
Scotch snap
Imperfect Cadence
Progression from any chord to V
Doesn’t sound finished
Inverted pedal
A held note or repeated notes in the upper parts
Leap
The notes are not next to each other
Minimalist
Simple rhythmic and melodic figures constantly repeated
Boring basically
Pedal
Held note or repeated notes in the bass
Perfect cadence
Formed by the progression V-I
Sounds finished
Pitch bend
Change pitch of a note
Question and Answer
A musical phrase (Q) followed by another (A)
Balanced
Ritardando
Getting slower
Step(wise)
Notes are next to each other
Vamp
A rhythmic accompaniment with a bass note on the beat and a chord off the beat
Whole-Tone scale
A scale where the interval between every note is a tone
Sounds dreamy
