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National 5 Flashcards

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A capella

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Unaccompanied singing

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AB

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2 part form

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Accidental

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Sign added to change the pitch of a note - # ♭

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Alberti bass

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Broken chords played on the left hand

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Arco

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Playing a stringed instrument with a bow

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Aria

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Solo song sung in an operatic style

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Atonal

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Music has no key

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Baritone

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Male voice between bass and tenor

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Bassoon

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Woodwind instrument with a double reed that is low pitched

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Binary

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Music with two sections that may be repeated

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Bodhran

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Small Irish drum played with a beater

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Bongo drums

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Paired high pitch drums played with fingers/palms

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Bothy ballad

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Folk song from north-east Scotland in dialect

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Cadence

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End of a musical phrase

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Castanets

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Spanish percussion instrument made of paired wooden shells

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Celtic rock

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Mix of celtic and rock music

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Chord progressions

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Chords built on the 1st, 4th, 5th 6th notes of a chord

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Chorus

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Group of singers

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Chromatic

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Notes move by semitones

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Clarsach

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Small Scottish harp

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Classical

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Music period from between 1750-1810

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Cluster

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Group of clashing notes

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Coda

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Passage of music at the end to round off the piece effectively

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Compound time groupings

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Each beat is a dotted note dividing into 3

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Con sordino
Changing the sound of an instrument using a mute
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Contrapuntal
2 or more parts having melodic interest - similar to polyphonic
27
Contrary motion
2 parts moving in opposite directions
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Counter melody
Melody played against the main melody
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Cross rhythm
2 notes played against 3
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Descant
Higher singing above the main melody
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Dotted crotchet
Note lasting 1 1/2 beats
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Dotted quaver
Note lasting 3/4 of a beat
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Episode
Passage of music linking 2 musical themes
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Flutter tonguing
Rolling 'r's while playing a brass/woodwind instrument
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Fortissimo
Very loud volume marked by 'ff'
36
French horn
Brass instrument with left-handed valves
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Gaelic psalms
Unaccompanied psalms in Gaelic from west Scotland
38
Glissando
Sliding from one note to another taking in all the notes possible between
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Gospel
Church singing that sounds upbeat
40
Grace notes
Crushed note ornament written smaller that other notes
41
Ground bass
Repeated bass theme
42
Hi-hat cymbals
Percussion drum kit instrument of paired cymbals with a foot pedal
43
Homophonic
All parts play the same melody at the same time
44
Imperfect cadence
2 chords at the end of a piece of music that sounds unfinished
45
Indian music
Music from India featuring sitar/tabla
46
Inverted pedal
High continuous note
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Melismatic
Many notes sung to one syllable
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Mezzo soprano
Female voice between soprano and alto
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Minimalist
Simple rhythmic/melodic repetitive features with slight variation changes
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Moderato
Medium speed/tempo
51
Modulation
Change of key
52
Oboe
Double reed woodwinf instrument with a 'nasal' sound
53
Perfect cadence
Sounds finished at the end of a piece
54
Pianissimo
Very quiet volume marked by 'pp'
55
Pibroch
Bagpipe melody for a soloist
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Piccolo
Smallest and highest woodwind instrument that looks similar to a flute
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Pitch bend
Changing the pitch of a note
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Pizzicato
Play by plucking the strings
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Polyphonic
2 or more independant melodic lines
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Reverb
Electric effect to change the sound of an instrument
61
Ritardando
Music slows down
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Roll
Fast repetition of a note on a percussion instrument
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Rondo
'A' section repeats between musical sections
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Rubato
Music speeds up and slows down freely for expression
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Semitone
1/2 a tone
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Sforzando
Forced sudden accented notes/chords
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Sitar
Indian guitar
68
Strophic
Same music is repeated for the verse and chorus
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Syllabic
Each syllable has one note
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Symphony
Music for a full orchestra
71
Tabla
Indian drum
72
Tone
Distance between 2 notes, equivalent to 2 semitones
73
Trill
Fast repetition of two notes
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Tuba
Brass instrument which is the largest and lowest
75
Viola
String instrument slightly lower and larger than a violin
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Walking bass
Bass line goes up and down a pattern of notes
77
Waulking song
Scottish Gaelic song sung by women as the waulked wool in a question and answer style
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Whole tone scale
Scale using only whole tones

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