Vocab Flashcards
(84 cards)
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Modal scales
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Ancient scales created before major or minor
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Break
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Instrumental section
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Dilruba
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Indian instrument with bow
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Belting
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Singing from stomach
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Scat singing
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Singing using nonsense words and sounds
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ADT
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Same track recorded twice but 1 is slightly faster
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DIT
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Black box used for recording guitar
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Cross Rhythm
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2 conflicting rhythms
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Polyrhythm/polyphonic
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2+ different rhythms
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Monophonic
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One line of tune
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Homophonic
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2+ instruments in harmony
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Tradic
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Melody that follows 3 notes of a chord
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Diatonic
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Piece that uses notes a particular key/scale
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Acciaccatura
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An ornament, printed as a small note with a slash through its tail which is played as quickly as possible before the note that follows it
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Appoggiatura
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A melodic ornament where a neighbouring note (that sounds dissonant) is sounded for a measured period of time before the main note of the melody
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Pedal
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Same note repeated with different chords
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Drone
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2 notes low in pitch held down
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Tierce de Picardie
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Major chord at end of minor piece
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Binary
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ABA1
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Tenary
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ABA
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Rondo
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ABACADA
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Double stopping
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2 notes together on string instrument
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Arco
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Playing with bow
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Con Sordino
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Playing with mute on the instrument
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Initiative
Phrase repeated
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Canonic
Played as a round- same tune starting at different times
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Antiphonal
A musical texture where two groups of musicians take it in turns to play
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Presto
Fast
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Allegro
quick
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Lento
Slow
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Adaigo
Slow tempo
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Andante
Moderately slow
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Anacrusis
Weak beat note before first complete phrase
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Rubato
Temporary change in tempo
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Augmentation
Lengthening of note
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Articulation
Effects on notes e.g.. slur
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Perfect cadence
Sounds finished - V-I
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Plagal cadence
Sounds quite finished VI-I
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Imperfect cadence
Sounds unfinished ?-V
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Interrupted cadence
Sounds unexpected V-?
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Accapella
Unaccompanied singing
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Alberti bass
A type of broken chord accompaniment often on a keyboard instrument
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Arpeggio
The notes of a standard chord played one after another in ascending or descending order - the first, third, fifth and eighth notes of a scale
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Atonal
Music without an obvious key
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Articulation
The amount of space between the notes - whether they are very detached (staccato) or joined together (legato)
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Augmentation
A proportionate in increase in the note lengths of a melody for example when 2 quavers and a crotchet are augmented they become 2 crotchets and a minim. The opposite of diminution
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Backbeat
A term used in pop music to describe accenting the normally weak second and fourth beats in 4/4 time
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Automatic double tracking
A technological effect and recording technique used by the Beatles to double the sound of voices and instruments. This doubled effect creates a richer sound
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Blues notes
In blues music notes added to a scale which are usually a flattened 3rd or flattened 7th
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Call and response
Soloist sings a phrase to which a group of singers respond. Mostly found in African music but also jazz and pop
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Chromatic
Notes which don't belong to the current key - opposite to diatonic. Notes that are semitones from each other
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Col legno
Played with the wood of the bow rather than the hair
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Continuo
Accompanying part in instrumental music of the Baroque period. Played by bass instrument (cello) and a harmony instrument (harpsichord)
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Contrapuntal
Music that uses counterpoint, a texture where 2 or more melodic lines are played together at the same time
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Descant
A counter melody sung above the main melodic line
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Dominant 7th
A triad with an added 7th note which is a whole tone away from the tonic so in G major it would consist of G B D and F.
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Double/triple stopping
2 or 3 notes played at the same time on a string instrument
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Doubling
More than one part playing the same line, either in unison or an octave apart
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Hemiola
A rhythmic device in which 2 groups of 3 beats (strong - weak - weak, strong - weak - weak) are performed as 3 groups of 2 beats (strong - weak, strong- weak, strong - weak)
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Heterophony
Simultaneous performance of a melody and the variation of the melody
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Imitative/imitation
Melody in one part is copied a few notes later in another part often at a different pitch with the two parts overlapping
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Inversion
Melody is inverted, the intervals between notes are the same as the original but they move in the opposite direction - a pitch will rise instead of fall or vice versa
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Pedal note
Sustained or regularly repeated note usually heard in the bass while the harmony above changes between various chords. Pedal note is usually tonic or dominant
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Inverted pedal note
Higher note beneath the harmonies
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Marcato
Marked or accented playing
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Moderato
Moderate tempo
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Largo
very slow tempo
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Note addition
Where notes are added in a repeating phrase
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Portamento
Sliding between notes
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Presto
Very fast tempo
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Raga
Scale pattern or melodic motif used as the basis for melodic improvisation in Indian classical music
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Sequence
The immediate repetition of a motif or phrase at a different pitch
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Skank
Off beat strumming pattern that accompanies ska reggae music - also refers to dance that accompanies reggae music
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Son
Musical form or type of song originating from Cuba with a distinctive clave rhythm pattern and where only accompaniment is percussion or rhythmic instruments
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Sonata form
Most common structure for first movement in the Classical style
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Spiccato
Bow is boucned of the string created very detached notes
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Suspension
Note repeated or sustained over change in harmony created a dissonance and then resolving onto a note within the key
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Syncopation
Accented notes are sounded off the beat or on weak beats often with rests on some of the strong beats
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Tremolo
Effect created by rapid repetition of a single note
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Turn
An ornament playing the note above the written note, the written note, the note below the written note and then back to the written note
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Tutti
A marking meaning 'all' so the whole ensemble should play
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Una corda
Soft pedal on a piano so that only one string plays rather than 3
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Vivace
Lively tempo
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Sequence
A melodic and rhythmic pattern that is repeated at a higher/lower pitch. May be single or multiple repetitions
