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National 4 Flashcards

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A tempo

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Return to the speed before the tempo change

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ABA

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3 part form

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Accelerando

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Tempo/speed gradually gets faster

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African music

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Music from Africa featuring voices/drums

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Alto

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Lowest female voice

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Anacrusis

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Notes coming before the 1st strong beat in a musical phrase

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Andante

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Tempo is at a walking pace

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Arpeggio

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Notes of a chord played one after another

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Backing vocals

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Singers supporting the lead(s), usually in harmony

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Baroque

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Style of music composed between 1600-1750, with prominent harpsichord

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Bass

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Lowest male voice

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Bass drum

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Low pitched drum, part of a marching band/drum kit

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Bass guitar

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Low pitched guitar with only 4 strings and needs an amplifier to produce sound

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Brass band

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Band of brass and percussion instruments

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Broken chord

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Notes of a chord are played separately

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Cadenza

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Piece of music allowing for a display of technical ability from a soloist

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Canon

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Strict imitation, similar to round

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Cello

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String instrument slightly smaller and higher in pitch when compared to a double bass

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Change of key

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Move from one key to another

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Chord progressions

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Chords built on the 1st, 4th and 5th notes of a major/minor scale

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Clarinet

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Woodwind instrument with a single reed

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Compound time

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Each beat is divided into groups of 3

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Concerto

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Solo instrument and an orchestra

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Cymbals

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Round metal percussion instrument played by striking with another cymbal/beater/brush

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Distortion
Electric effect used in rock to give a 'fuzzy' sound to the electric guitar
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Dotted rhythms
Long note followed by a shorter one/short note followed by a longer one. Scotch snaps
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Double bass
Largest and lowest string instrument
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Drone
Held on low note in the bass, sometimes more than one note. The low-pitched notes in a bagpipe melody
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Flute
Woodwind metal instrument without a reed. Sound is produced by blowing across a hole in the mouthpiece
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Glockenspiel
Tuned percussion instrument with metal bars laid in a similar fashion to a piano
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Grouped semiquavers
Group of semiquavers joined together
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Güiro
Percussion instrument made of hollow wood with ridges on the outer surface. Sound is made by dragging a wooden stick along the ridges.
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Harp
String instrument with 47 pitched strings
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Harpsichord
Keyboard instrument with the majority of keys black. The strings are plucked and was a popular feature of music from the Baroque period
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Imitation
Melody is immediately copied in another part
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Jig
Fast dance in compound time with 2 beats in a bar and dividing into 3
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Major
Music sounds in a major key/tonality. Described as having a happy/cheery feel.
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Mezzo forte
Fairly loud volume marked by 'mf'
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Mezzo piano
Fairly quiet volume marked by 'mp'
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Middle eight
From popular music - 8 bars of music differing from the opening
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Minor
Music sounds in a minor key/tonality. Described as sounding sad/mysterious
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Mouth music
Unaccompanied songs with Gaelic/nonsense words
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Muted
Use of a device to reduce the sound/volume of an instrument
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Opera
Drama set to music
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Ornament
Adds extra notes to the melody
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Paired quaver
2 quavers joined together
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Pan pipes
Hollow wooden tubes bound by length according to pitch
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Ragtime
Style of dance from the 19th Century that helped to influence jazz. Features include syncopated melody/vamp and is often on a piano
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Rallentando
Tempo/speed gradually slows down
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Rapping
Rhyming lyrics spoken in time with the beat, popular in hip-hop music
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Recorder
Four main types are descant/treble/tenor/bass
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Reggae
1960's Jamaican music with a pulse on the 2nd and 4th beats
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Repeat sign
Indicated by a double bar line with dots meaning that the section should be repeated
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Romantic
Music from 1810-1900 following the Classical era and features large orchestras
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Saxophone
Woodwind instrument with a single reed often featured in jazz
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Scale
Sequence of notes in ascending/descending order. Major/minor/chromatic/pentatonic/whole tone
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Scat singing
Nonsense words/syllables/sounds that are improvised. Poplar in jazz
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Scotch snap
Accented note before a longer one popular in Strathspeys
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Scots ballad
Song telling a story in strophic form
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Semiquaver
Note lasting a quarter of a beat
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Simple time
Music with 2/3/4 beats in a bar
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Snare drum
Percussion instrument that's part of a drum kit/marching band
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Soprano
Highest female voice
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Strathspey
Scottish dance featuring dotted rhythms/scotch snaps and has 4 beats in a bar
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Swing
Jazz style from the 1930's by big bands
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Syncopation
Accented notes played against the beat
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Tambourine
Percussion instrument with metal jingles played by striking with a palm or shaking
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Tenor
Highest male voice
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Ternary
3 part form
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Theme and variation
Melody repeats with variation
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Timpani
Percussion drum with a large bowl for a low pitch
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Triangle
Metal percussion instrument in the shape of a triangle outline with a hole in the corner
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Trombone
Brass instrument with a slide instead of valves
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Trumpet
Highest brass instrument
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Vamp
Bass note on the beat and a chord off the beat
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Verse and chorus
Structure popular in many songs with different words but the music repeats
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Violin
Highest string instrument
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Wind band
Band featuring woodwind/brass/percussion
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Xylophone
Percussion instrument with wooden bars laid in a similar style to a piano

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