Vocab Flashcards
Adagio
A slow tempo
Allegro
A fast tempo
Accompanied
Other instruments or voices support the main melody
Unaccompanied
No other instruments or voices support the melody
Drone
A note held on or repeated in bass
Vamp
A rhythmic accompaniment with a bass note on the beat and a chord off the beat, usually played on piano or guitar.
Scotch snap
A very short accented note before a longer note.
Strathspey
A Scottish dance with 4 beats in a bar (sometimes with a scotch snap).
Jig
A fast Scottish dance in compound time with 2 beats in a bar.
Simple time
The beat is in groups of 2.
Compound time
The beat is in groups of 3.
Anacrusis
The note or notes before the first strong beat of a phrase.
March
Music with a steady pulse, with 2 or 4 beats in a bar, and you can March to it.
Reel
A fast Scottish dance with 4 beats in a bar.
Waltz
A slow Scottish dance with 3 beats in a bar.
