Words

Question 1

Disjunct

Answer 1

A melody which moves in leaps, using larger intervals than a 2nd.

Question 2

Conjunct

Answer 2

A melody that moves by step.

Question 3

Atonal

Answer 3

melodies are not based on any key or tonal centre

Question 4

Phrases

Answer 4

Phrases are the musical version of sentences. They end with different types of cadance - like commas or full stops.

Phrases can be different lengths, depending on the piece of music.

Question 5

Imitation

Answer 5

Where one musical part copies another.

Question 6

Ornaments

Answer 6

Notes added to decorate a melody.

Mordents, trills and turns

Question 7

Articulation

Answer 7

How notes are performed; whether they are smooth or short, accented or not

Question 8

Cadence

Answer 8

A two-chord progression that ends a phrase or section

Question 9

Chord

Answer 9

Two or more notes played together

Question 10

Composer

Answer 10

Person who wrote the music

Question 11

Dynamics

Answer 11

How loud or soft the music is

Question 12

Harmony

Answer 12

A progression of chords often to accompany a melody

Question 13

Interval

Answer 13

The distance between two notes

Question 14

Key

Answer 14

The scale that a section or piece of music is based on.

Question 15

Melody

Answer 15

A tune

Question 16

Metre

Answer 16

A pattern of beats often indicated by a time signature

Question 17

Modulation

Answer 17

How music moves from one key (scale) to another

Question 18

Ornament

Answer 18

A musical decoration

Trills, turns, mordents

Question 19

Range

Answer 19

The interval between the highest and lowest notes of a melody or a whole piece or a section.

Question 20

Rhythm

Answer 20

The combination of notes of different length

Question 21

Structure

Answer 21

How the music is organised into sections

Question 22

Tempo

Answer 22

How fast or slow the music is

Question 23

Texture

Answer 23

How various parts or layers are combined together to create a musical effect.

Question 24

Timbre

Answer 24

The tone quality or specific sound that an instrument or combination of instruments make

Question 25

Tonality

Answer 25

Major, minor, chromatic or without a clear key (atonal).

Question 26

Legato

Answer 26

Smooth notes that flow from one to another

Question 27

Staccato

Answer 27

Short notes that are detached from one another

Question 28

Accent

Answer 28

Emphasis on a note or chord to be played louder or more forceful so that it is heard really clearly. Can also be called sforzando

Question 29

Perfect cadence

Answer 29

Chord V --> chord I Makes music sound complete. It can end a phrase, section or a complete piece.

Question 30

Plagal cadence

Answer 30

Chord IV --> chord I Sounds complete, often used at the end of church music or hymns on the word 'Amen'.

Question 31

Imperfect cadence

Answer 31

Always ends with chord V | First chord can be I, II, or IV.

Question 32

Interrupted cadence

Answer 32

Chord V --> chord VI Unexpected, as if the cadence has been 'interrupted'.

Question 33

Notes of scales

Answer 33

``` I - Tonic II - Supertonic III - Mediant IV - Subdominant V - Dominant VI - Submediant VII - Leading note ```

Question 34

Block chords

Answer 34

Where all the notes sound together

Question 35

Broken/ arpeggiated chords

Answer 35

Where the notes of a chords sound one at a time

Question 36

Dissonance

Answer 36

Where the notes in a chord clash

Question 37

Chromatic

Answer 37

Here some of the notes in chord progressions move chromatically (in semitones)

Question 38

Primary Chords

Answer 38

I, IV and V | Most commonly used chords

Question 39

Rich

Answer 39

Where the harmony sounds romantic or luscious

Question 40

Repetition

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Where the parts of the melody repeat perhaps at the beginning of two phrases.

Question 41

Sequence

Answer 41

Short pattern of notes in melody that is immediately repeated at a different pitch. Often a note higher or lower.

Question 42

Countermelody

Answer 42

Another melody is played at the same time as the main melody; this is often above the main melody but it doesn't have to be.

Question 43

Trill

Answer 43

Where two notes that are next to one another alternate really quickly

Question 44

Mordent

Answer 44

Where there is just one quick alternation of notes that are next to one another Mini trill

Question 45

Turn

Answer 45

Notes literally turn around the main note very quickly

Question 46

Pedal note

Answer 46

Lowest note in a phrase | Originates from organ

Question 47

Tonic

Answer 47

First note of a key Tonic --> supertonic --> mediant --> subdominant --> dominant

Question 48

Dominant

Answer 48

5th note/chord Tonic --> supertonic --> mediant --> subdominant --> dominant

Question 49

Falsetto

Answer 49

High pitch voice, usually male, where it usually breaks so it sounds soft

Question 50

Vibrato

Answer 50

a rapid slight variation in pitch, vibrating of note

Question 51

Ostinato

Answer 51

Commonly repeated phrase

Question 52

Relative minor

Answer 52

2 notes back | Relative minor of G = e minor

Question 53

Grave

Answer 53

Very slow tempo 40 or less bpm, made for funeral music and such