Keywords Flashcards
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Minor
The tonality of the sequence – depressing
Major
The tonality of the sequence – uplifting
Modal
How octave is divided
Atonal
Without a key or scale
Bitonal
Two tonalities
Chromatic
The scale including all white and black notes or all sharps and all flats
Pentatonic
A five note scale
Blues scale
The third fifth and seventh is lowered
Modulation
To change from one key to another
Ornamentation
Decorative notes
Unison
At the same pitch
Octaves
Eight notes distance
Homophonic
One melody
Polyphonic
A texture of multiple sounds
Melody and accompaniment
The main sung line with backing
Imitative
To copy
Antifonal
To chant
Discords
Unstable
Sevenths
The seventh note in a scale
Powerchords
Distorted chords
Inversion
The order of the notes change
Note clusters
A group of notes
Perfect cadence
From V to I
Imperfect cadence
Half way through it ends V