key words

Question 1

monophonic

Answer 1

one single melody line

Question 2

polyphonic/contrapuntal

Answer 2

2 or more independent melodies

Question 3

homophonic

Answer 3

chords

Question 4

melody and accompaniment

Answer 4

melody with an accompaniment, could be chords

Question 5

heterophonic

Answer 5

2 or more instruments playing a variation of the same tune

Question 6

antiphony

Answer 6

call and response

Question 7

conjunct

Answer 7

melody moves in step

Question 8

disjunct

Answer 8

gaps between notes

Question 9

anacrusis

Answer 9

up beat

Question 10

scalic

Answer 10

melody resembles a scale

Question 11

triadic

Answer 11

melody resembles triads

Question 12

sequence

Answer 12

repeated phrase moving up or down with each repetition

Question 13

trill

Answer 13

note rapidly repeats with the note above

Question 14

mordent

Answer 14

note - note above - note

Question 15

acciaccatura

Answer 15

crushed/graced note

Question 16

appoggiatura

Answer 16

slow crushed note

Question 17

ostinato

Answer 17

repeated riff

Question 18

turn

Answer 18

note - note above - note - note below

Question 19

imitation

Answer 19

one instrument plays a melody just played by another

Question 20

syllabic

Answer 20

one note per syllable

Question 21

melismatic

Answer 21

many notes per syllable

Question 22

glissando

Answer 22

slide

Question 23

types of singers

Answer 23

soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, bass, treble

Question 24

things that change sound of a guitar

Answer 24

distortion, wah wah, overdrive, flanger, reverb

Question 25

reverb

Answer 25

type of echo

Question 26

guitar techniques

Answer 26

slide, bends, pull offs, vibrato

Question 27

pizzicato

Answer 27

plucking

Question 28

arco

Answer 28

with bow

Question 29

col legno

Answer 29

with the wood of a bow

Question 30

mute

Answer 30

makes sound quieter and changes timbre

Question 31

con sordino

Answer 31

with mute

Question 32

senza sordino

Answer 32

without mute

Question 33

falsetto

Answer 33

man singing in a high voice

Question 34

double stopping

Answer 34

string instrument plays 2 notes

Question 35

crescendo

Answer 35

getting louder

Question 36

diminuendo/decrescendo

Answer 36

getting quieter

Question 37

ff

Answer 37

fortissimo - very loud

Question 38

f

Answer 38

forte - loud

Question 39

mf

Answer 39

mezzo forte - loudish

Question 40

mp

Answer 40

mezzo piano - quietish

Question 41

p

Answer 41

piano - quiet

Question 42

pp

Answer 42

pianissimo - very quiet

Question 43

fp

Answer 43

forte then suddenly quiet

Question 44

sfz

Answer 44

sforzando - heavy accent

Question 45

terraced dynamics

Answer 45

many instruments = loud few = quiet

Question 46

tonic

Answer 46

main key

Question 47

diatonic

Answer 47

normal major or minor

Question 48

modulation

Answer 48

changing key

Question 49

atonal

Answer 49

no key

Question 50

tonal

Answer 50

having a key

Question 51

bitonal

Answer 51

2 keys at once

Question 52

realative

Answer 52

major or minor key with the same key signature

Question 53

modal

Answer 53

different kind of key/scale

Question 54

functional harmony

Answer 54

modulating to keys related to the tonic

Question 55

key signiture

Answer 55

sharps # or flats b at the beginning of each line, signifies the key

Question 56

drone

Answer 56

long sustained or repeated bass note

Question 57

dissonant/discord

Answer 57

clashing chords

Question 58

consonant/concord

Answer 58

pleasing chords

Question 59

diminished 7th chord

Answer 59

chord formed of minor 3rds

Question 60

extended chords

Answer 60

chord with added notes (7th,9th etc)

Question 61

types of cadences

Answer 61

perfect, imperfect, plagal, interrupted

Question 62

binary form

Answer 62

AB

Question 63

ternary form

Answer 63

ABA

Question 64

rondo form

Answer 64

ABACA

Question 65

arch form

Answer 65

ABCBA

Question 66

strophic form

Answer 66

verse/chorus or verse/verse/verse etc

Question 67

sonata form

Answer 67

introduction - exposition - development - recapitulation - coda

Question 68

ground bass

Answer 68

repeating bass line of 2 or more bars

Question 69

tie

Answer 69

joins 2 or more notes together

Question 70

dotted

Answer 70

makes the note longer - add another half of note value to note

Question 71

syncopation

Answer 71

off beat

Question 72

polyrhythmic

Answer 72

2 or more independent rhythms

Question 73

rubato

Answer 73

free rhythm

Question 74

triplet

Answer 74

3 in the time of 2

Question 75

simple time

Answer 75

time signatures with 1 note per beat eg 4/4

Question 76

compound time

Answer 76

time signatures with more than one note per beat eg 12/8 - divided into 4 groups of 3 quavers - 4 beats per bar with 3 quavers to a beat

Question 77

allegro

Answer 77

fast

Question 78

andante

Answer 78

walking pace

Question 79

presto

Answer 79

very quick

Question 80

grave

Answer 80

very slow

Question 81

adagio

Answer 81

quite slow

Question 82

ritardando/ritenuto

Answer 82

slowing down

Question 83

accelerando

Answer 83

speeding up