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16 Cards in this Set
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Modulation
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Changing key
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Homophonic
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Melody with accompaniment
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Symphony
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Popular type of music from Classical period
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Sonata form
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Musical structure
- Exposition - Development - Recapitulation Tonality is very important in Sonata form |
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Transposition
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Instruments that need transposing such as the clarinet in Bb (the player reads the note C but a Bb is sounded).
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Exposition
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First section in sonata form but has a structure of it's own...
- 1st subject - transition - 2nd subject - closing section |
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Development
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The second section in sonata form.
In this section the material fom the exposition is developed through a variety of keys. |
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Recapitulation
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Last section in sonata form.
Material from exposition is repeated but the key stays centred on the tonic key. |
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Anacrusis
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When a melody starts on the last beat of a bar.
The melody does not start on a strong beat. |
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Chromatic
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Moving by semitones.
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Syncopation
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Stress/emphasis on the off beat where it would not normally be.
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Codetta
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Italian for little tail.
Usually found at the end of a section of music within a larger piece. |
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Contrapuntal
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Same as polyphonic (different parts weaving in and out of each other).
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Counter-melody
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secondary melody played against the primary melody. Resulting in counterpoint.
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Imitation
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A melody that is repeated shortly after it's first appearance by another voice/instrument.
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Pedal
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Single note held or repeated.
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