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Aural Skills Flashcards

1
Q

Time signature

A

counts beats in bar

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2
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Metre

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number of beats in bar

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3
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slow

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adagio/lento

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4
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walking pace

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andante

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5
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fast

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allegro

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6
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getting faster

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accelerando

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7
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slowing down

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rallentando

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8
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return to original speed

A

A tempo

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9
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name all aural skills

A

Ibukun - instrumentation
Told - tonality
Me - mood
And - articulation
Sam - style/genre
That - texture
Robbie - range
Hates - harmony
That - tempo
Tall - timbre
David - dynamics
Plays - pitch

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10
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poco

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a little

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11
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molto

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a lot

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12
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presto

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very fast

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13
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pizzicato

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plucked

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14
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legato

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smoothly/slurred

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15
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tremolo

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quivering effect created by rapid movement of the bow on a string instrument

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16
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staccato

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hopping off note

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17
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tenuto

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held

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18
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accented

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played with emphasis

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19
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syncopation

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emphasis on off beat/ half beat

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20
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rhythmic ostinato

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Repeated rhythmic pattern repeated throughout composition

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21
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triplets

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3 notes played in time of 2

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22
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rest

A

silence

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23
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polyrhythm

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Use of two or more rhythms of different metres at same time

24
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major

A

happy sound

25
Q

minor

A

sad sound

26
Q

modal

A

neither major nor minor

27
Q

atonal

A

no fixed tonality

28
Q

tierce de picardie

A

major chord played at end of music in minor key

29
Q

modulation

A

changing key

30
Q

monophonic

A

one line of melody

31
Q

Homophonic

A

Melody and accompaniment

32
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Polyphonic (+ another name for this)

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Multiple lines of melody (contrapuntal)

33
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canonic

A

strict imitation

34
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imitative (ie)

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imitation that may vary slightly
(transposition, inversion etc)

35
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ornamentation (eg)

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Decoration of notes (eg grace notes, appoggiaturas, trills etc)

36
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sequence

A

Repeated melodic pattern played a step higher or lower

37
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Chromatic

A

Moving in semitones

38
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Countermelody

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Melody being played above or below main melody

39
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Scale

A

Moving in stepwise fashion

40
Q

Melisma

A

More than one note per syllable

41
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syllabic

A

One note per syllable

42
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Triadic

A

Melody moving in notes of a triad

43
Q

Block chords

A

Notes of chord played together

44
Q

Broking chord/arpeggio

A

Notes of chord played in succession

45
Q

Alberti base

A

Broken chord where notes of a chord are played in order

46
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Sustained chords

A

Block chords played and held

47
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Pedal note

A

Long held note(s) that underpins harmony

48
Q

ppp

A

pianississimo - v.v. soft

49
Q

pp

A

pianissimo - v. soft

50
Q

p

A

piano - soft

51
Q

mp

A

mezzo piano - moderately soft

52
Q

mf

A

mezzo forte - moderately loud

53
Q

f

A

forte - loud

54
Q

ff

A

fortissimo - v. loud

55
Q

fff

A

fortississimo - v. v. loud

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