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Alberti Bass=?

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A broken chord pattern played in the left hand

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Arco=?

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Instruction given to string players to use a bow

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Aria=?

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A song in an opera, oratorio or cantata with orchestral accompaniment

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Atonal=?

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No feeling of key, major or minor. Very dissonant

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Baritone=?

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A male voice whose range lie between that of Bass and Tenor

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Binary=?

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A,B. A form in which the music is made up of two different sections labelled A and B. Each section many be repeated

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Bodhran=?

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A hand held goatskin drum

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Bothy Ballad=?

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A folk song, usually with many verses, from north-east Scotland.

It tells a story it rural or farming life. Usually sung by men

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Brass=?

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A family of instruments made from metal with a mouthpiece e.g trumpet

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Celtic Rock=?

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Music which incorporates instruments and themes from Celtic music into rock music

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A Capella=?

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Unaccompanied choral singing

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chord progression=?

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Different progressions using the chords built on the 1st, 4th, 5th and 6th notes of a major or minor scale

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Chorus=?

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  1. A group of singers with several people to each part
  2. The music written for these singers
  3. The refrain between the verses of a song
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Chromatic Scale=?

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A stepwise series of notes built entirely of semitones

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Clarsach=?

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A Scottish harp

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Classical=?

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1750 to 1810 approximately. The era of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven

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Cluster=? A group of notes played on a keyboard instrument

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A group of notes played on a keyboard instrument

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Coda=?

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A passage at the end of the music which rounds it off

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Con Sordino=?

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The Italian term for ‘with a mute’

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Compound Time Groupings=?

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The beat divides into 3 eg. 6/8

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Contrapuntal=?

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Texture in which each of two or more parts have independent melodic interest

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Contrary Motion=?

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Two parts which move in opposite directions, eg. as one part ascends the other descends

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CounterMelody=?

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A melody played against the main melody

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Cross Rhythms=?

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  1. Term uses to describe the effect of two notes being played against three
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Descant=?
Another melody above the main tune, mainly in vocal music
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Episode=?
A section of music linking two themes
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Flutter tonguing=?
A method of tonguing in which the player rolls the letter 'r'. It is used by wind players an is particularly effective for flute and brass
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Glissando=?
Sliding from one note to another, taking in all the notes in between where possible
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Gospel Music=?
Music that expresses a Christian belief
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Grace Note=?
A type of ornament played as a quick note before the main note of a melody
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Ground Bass=?
A theme in the bass which is repeater many times while the upper parts are varied
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Homophonic=?
Texture where all the parts move together rhythmically
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Imperfect Cadence=?
A cadence consists of two chords at the end of a phrase. The second chord is dominant creating an unfinished effect
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Indian=?
Music from in India which uses instruments such as the sitar and tabla
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Inverted Pedal=?
A pedal point which sounds in an upper part instead of in the bass
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Melismatic word setting=?
Vocal musing in which several notes are sung to one syllable
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Mezzo soprano=?
A female singer whose voice range lies between soprano and an alto
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Minimalist=?
simple rhythmic and melodic figures which are constantly repeated with very slight changes each time
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Moderato=?
Played at moderate or walking pace
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Modulation=?
A change of key
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Perfect cadence=?
A cadence that consists of a Dominant chord followed by a tonic chord
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Pitch Bending=?
Changing the pitch of a note, eg by pushing a guitar string upwards
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Pizzicato=?
An instruction given to string players to pluck the strings instead of using a bow
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Polyphonic=?
Texture which consists of two or more melodic lines, possible of equal importance and which weave independently of each other
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Reverb=?
An electronic effect which can give the impression of different hall acoustics, eg. as if the performance is in a cathedral
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Ritardando=?
A gradual slow down in tempo (same as rallentando)
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Rolls=?
A very fast repetition of a note on a percussion instrument eg. on a snare drum or timpani
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Rondo=?
A B A C A. A form where the first section (A) comes back between contrasting sections
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Rubato=?
A rhythmic give and take in a phrase allowing more expression (speeding up and slowing down)
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Semitones=?
Half a tone eg C to C# or the distance from one fret to another on guitar
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Sitar=?
A plucked, stringed instrument from India
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Strophic=?
A vocal / choral composition in which each verse has the same music
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Syllabic word setting=?
Vocal music where each syllable is given one note only
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Symphony=?
A large work for orchestra usually in four movements
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Tabla=?
Two Indian drums tuned to different pitches and often used to accompany the sitar
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Tone=?
Two semitones
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Trill=?
Rapid and repeated movement between two adjacent notes
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Walking Bass=?
A moving bass line with notes usually of the same value. It moves by step, but not always
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Whole tone scale=?
A scale containing no semitones but built entirely on whole tones. Debussy used the whole tone scale in some of his pieces which were influenced by Impressionism

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