Star wars Flashcards
(24 cards)
What is a film score?
The complete set of original music to accompany a film, forming part of the film’s soundtrack.
What is the purpose of the Main Title in a film?
Heard during the opening credits, sets the mood for the film.
Define underscoring in the context of film music.
Background music, played under spoken dialogue.
What is a leitmotif?
A musical idea that is associated with a person, object, place or emotion.
What is a sequence in music?
The immediate repetition at a different pitch of a melody.
What is an auxiliary figure?
A form of melodic decoration that falls between two identical notes.
What does a fanfare typically involve?
A celebratory piece for brass instruments often marking the opening of an important event or ceremony.
What is an ostinato?
A rhythmic, melodic or harmonic pattern repeated many times in succession.
What does homophonic texture refer to?
Melody and accompaniment.
Define contrary motion in music.
Simultaneous melodic lines whose pitches move in opposite directions.
What is a pedal in music?
A sustained or repeated note sounded against changing harmonies.
What is homorhythm?
A type of homophonic texture where all parts have the same rhythm.
What does ‘tutti’ mean in musical terms?
A passage where all instruments are playing.
What is a cadence in music?
The end of a musical phrase, often harmonised by two chords.
Define quartal harmony.
Chords based on intervals of a 4th rather than the usual 3rds.
What is parallel motion in music?
A succession of chords whose notes all move in the same direction.
What is a tertiary relationship in harmony?
Chords moving in thirds.
What does dissonant mean?
Sounds that are not pleasant when played together.
What is a tritone?
An augmented 4th interval, considered the most dissonant interval.
What is bi-tonality?
When two different keys are used simultaneously.
Define a compound interval.
An interval extending over more than an octave.
What does diatonic refer to in music?
Notes that belong to the current key.
Syncopation
Emphasising beats of the bar that are normally unaccented.
Anacrusis:
One or more notes that occur before the first strong beat of a
phrase.
