Vocabulary Flashcards by Shannon Henry

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Legato

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Play smoothly

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Timbre

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Sound

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Counter melody

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A second tune played alongside the main melody

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Mode

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Structure/scale it follows

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Pentatonic

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Five note scale

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Imitation

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Copying a melody exactly

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Atonal

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Unclear tone (neither major or minor) no key centre

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Ostinato

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Repeated pattern

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Motif

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Short musical idea

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Concerto

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Piece for solo instrument accompanied by orchestra

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Major

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Pleasing to the ear / happy

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Major

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Dull tone

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Scale

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Group of notes in an arising pattern (CDEFGBAC)

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Arpeggio

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Broken chord (CEGC)

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Chromatic scale

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Moving in semitones

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Classical period

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1750-1820

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Sequence

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Repeated musical idea going up or down

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Pizzicato

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Plucking a string

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Sub-dominant

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Fourth chord

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Dissonance

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Clashing

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Consonant

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Pleasing to the ear

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Triplet

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Three notes played in the time of two

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Leitmotif

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Musical phrase which represents an idea or character

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Discord

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Dissonance

Glissando

Sliding from one chord to the next

Aeolian mode

Scale based on a minor

Multi tracking

Layering sounds in studio

Scotch snap

Unusual rhythm (short/long)

Strophic

Verse/chorus/verse

Riff

Repeated motif

Blue note

Added note not from original key

Coda

Last section (usually short)

Bridge

Interlude/contrasting section in a pop song

Distortion

Sounds fuzzy