Texture/ Structure/ Form

Question 1

Answer

Answer 1

In a fugue, after the subject is played, the same tune appears in another voice or part in the dominant (a 5th higher or a 4th lower). this is called the answer

Question 2

Antiphonal

Answer 2

Dialogue between voices or instruments - one group of voices or instruments answers the other

Question 3

Bridge

Answer 3

A link between two themes

Question 4

Countersubject

Answer 4

In a fugue, after the subject or answer is played, the continuation of that same voice or instrument is called the counter subject

Question 5

Fugue

Answer 5

A contrapuntal piece based on a theme (subject) announced in one voice part alone, then imitated by other voices in close succession.

Question 6

Inversion

Answer 6

When a musical shape is mirrored; an inverted chord is formed when a note other than the root is in the bass

Question 7

Leitmotiv

Answer 7

A theme occurring throughout a work which represents a person, an event or an idea, etc (darth Vader theme)

Question 8

Retrograde

Answer 8

To go backwards; a melody or section of music can be written or performed from end to beginning

Question 9

Song cycle

Answer 9

A group of songs linked by a common theme or with a text written by the same author, usually accompanied by piano but sometimes by small ensembles or full orchestra

Question 10

Stretto

Answer 10

Where voices or instruments enter very quickly one after the other, as in fugue

Question 11

Subject

Answer 11

The main theme in a composition, the main themes in sonata form, or the main theme on which a fugue is based.