Keywords

Question 1

Diatonic

Answer 1

Only uses notes in the scale or key

Question 2

Modulation

Answer 2

Change of key

Question 3

Harmony

Answer 3

Chords

Question 4

Tonality

Answer 4

Key

Question 5

Virtuosic

Answer 5

Shows of skill / difficult to play

Question 6

Alberti

Answer 6

All the chords are broken up in the chord line

Question 7

Cadenza

Answer 7

Big solo section

Question 8

Dialogue

Answer 8

When instruments ‘reply’ to each other

Question 9

Homophonic

Answer 9

Accompanies the parts in the same rhythm

Question 10

Polyphonic

Answer 10

Intertwining parts

Question 11

Ternary

Answer 11

A song in the form ABA

Question 12

Rondo

Answer 12

Where section A returns throughout the movement

Question 13

Dissonance

Answer 13

When notes clash together

Question 14

Rubato

Answer 14

Relaxed tempo (pulls tempo around)

Question 15

Tutti

Answer 15

All instruments together

Question 16

Adagio

Answer 16

Slow tempo

Question 17

Arpeggio

Answer 17

Notes of a chord played in a descending or ascending scale

Question 18

Countermelodies

Answer 18

Countering or joining the main melody

Question 19

Dynamics

Answer 19

The volume

Question 20

Texture

Answer 20

The thickness of the piece of music

Question 21

Rhythm/duration

Answer 21

Types of beats, and note value and how they fix together

Question 22

Tempo

Answer 22

The speed of the music

Question 23

Timbre / Instruments / Resources

Answer 23

The type of sound

Question 24

Pitch

Answer 24

How high or low a note is

Question 25

Soprano

Answer 25

Highest vocal range of the female singing voice

Question 26

Alto

Answer 26

The lowest vocal range of the female singing voice

Question 27

Tenor

Answer 27

Highest vocal range of the male singing voice

Question 28

Bass

Answer 28

Lowest vocal range of the male singing voice

Question 29

A Capella

Answer 29

Sung without instrumental accompaniment

Question 30

Falsetto

Answer 30

A male singing technique to make their voice higher than it is

Question 31

Portamento

Answer 31

A slide from one note to the other

Question 32

Riffing

Answer 32

Singing the riff

Question 33

Melisma

Answer 33

A group of notes sung to one syllable

Question 34

Syllabic

Answer 34

Each syllable to matched to a single note

Question 35

Monophonic

Answer 35

Having a single melodic line without accompaniment

Question 36

Unison

Answer 36

Every part is playing at the same time

Question 37

Melismatic

Answer 37

Lots of notes per syllable

Question 38

Syllabic

Answer 38

Articulated in syllables