Keywords Flashcards

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Minor

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The tonality of the sequence – depressing

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Major

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The tonality of the sequence – uplifting

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Modal

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How octave is divided

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Atonal

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Without a key or scale

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Bitonal

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Two tonalities

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Chromatic

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The scale including all white and black notes or all sharps and all flats

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Pentatonic

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A five note scale

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Blues scale

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The third fifth and seventh is lowered

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Modulation

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To change from one key to another

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Ornamentation

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Decorative notes

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Unison

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At the same pitch

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Octaves

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Eight notes distance

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Homophonic

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One melody

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Polyphonic

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A texture of multiple sounds

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Melody and accompaniment

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The main sung line with backing

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Imitative

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To copy

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Antifonal

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To chant

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Discords

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Unstable

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Sevenths

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The seventh note in a scale

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Powerchords

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Distorted chords

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Inversion

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The order of the notes change

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Note clusters

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A group of notes

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Perfect cadence

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From V to I

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Imperfect cadence

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Half way through it ends V

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Plagal cadence
IV to I
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Interrupted cadence
Any chord to IV
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Pulse
The beat
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Syncopation
Offbeat
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Cross rhythms
Conflicting rhythms
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Tempo
The speed of music
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Retardando
To slow or speed up the music
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Simple time
4/4
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Compound time
2/4
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Accentuation
Give emphasis
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Phrasing
Group of notes
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Articulation
The transition between notes
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F
Forte or to be loud
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p
Piano or to be soft
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mf
Mezzo forte or to be quite loud
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Mp
Mezzo piano or to be quite soft
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ff
Fortissimo or to be very loud
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pp
Pianissimo or to be very soft
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Crescendo
Louder gradually
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Diminuendo
Quieter gradually
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Sequence
Repeat with a pitch change
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Ostinato
A repeated phrase or melody
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Riff
A repeated rhythm
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Drone
A continuous consistent note
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Imitation
To repeat in a different voice or Timbre
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Fugue
Two voices
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Cannon
To repeat every time
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Leitmotif
Continual recurring phrase
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Pedal
To keep notes overlap
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Inverted pedal
Keeps notes quieter
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Binary
A B
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Ternary
A B A
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Rondo
A B A C A D
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Theme and variation
Variation of the main structure
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Call and response
A B
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Strophic
Verse chorus verse
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Standard form
Verse chorus Bridge
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Concerto
Solo and Orchestra
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Symphony
Orchestra
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Sonata
Two contrasting theme
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Countermelody
Melody against the original
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Glissando
To guide
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Mute
No sound
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Pizzicato
To pluck
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The chalumeau register clarinet
The range on clarinet which matches its predecessor chalumeau
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Synthesised
Technology changed
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Synthesiser
Special Fx keyboard
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Sampler
Excerpt from someone else
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MIDI
Programmed notes
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Looping
Repeating
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Remix
Differencing the song
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Sequence
To repeat but with a change
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Vocoder
Vocal recorder
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Reverb
To echo
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Vivace
Lively or vivid
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Allegro
Fast quick and bright
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Allegretto
Moderately fast
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Andante
A walking pace
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Largo
Broadly
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Grave
Slow and Solemn
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Presto
Extremely fast
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A cappella
To sing without instruments
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Vibrato
To wobble up and down in pitch. A more expressive style
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Falsetto
Men make their voices go high-pitched
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Portamento (vocals)
Sliding from one note to another
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Melisma (vocals)
Decorating and adding notes to the tune e.g. Mariah Carey, Celine Dion
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Descant (vocals)
A higher part in time with the main tune
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Alap (indian)
Sitar introduces chosen Raga, improvises freely, no beat or pulse
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Jhor (indian)
Music speeds up and has steadier beat
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Jhala (indian)
Much faster and exciting
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Gat or Bandish (indian)
Tabla enters, pre composed piece
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Ragas (indian)
A scale of 5 to 8 notes that create a mood of the time of day
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Slendro
Two scales of five notes
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Pelog
Seven note scale