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62 Cards in this Set
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Acciaccatura |
Short grace note before melody note (ornament) |
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Alberti bass (how does it go) |
Through arpeggio do Di da di |
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Appoggiatura |
Grace note before melody |
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Arco |
Use of bow (strings) |
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Auxiliary notes |
Notes between two notes of same pitch |
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Binary form |
Two part - A and B sections |
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Plagal cadence |
IV to I |
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Perfect cadence |
V to I |
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Interrupted cadence |
V to vi |
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Imperfect |
IV to V |
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Canon |
Baroque period- one or more voices imitate leading melody |
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Counter melody |
Second melody above or below main melody |
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Diminution |
Repeating theme or motif with notes of smaller value |
Comp device |
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Diminished |
Made smaller (eg intervals) minor 6th becomes diminished 6th if gth is flattened and one remains the same |
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Discord |
Intervals of minor 2nds and 7ths (sus and 7th chords ) |
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Dissonance |
Disturbance in music caused by discords |
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Dominant |
The 5th of a scale |
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Tonic |
The first or bad note of a scale |
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Subdominant |
The 4th note of a scale |
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Dynamics |
Gradations of volume (eg forte) |
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pp Italian name |
Pianissimo |
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P Italian term |
Piano |
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M (p) Italian term |
Mezzo (piano) |
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Enharmonic |
Same notes with different name eg g flat = f sharp |
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Figured bass |
Musical shorthand for bass used in baroque period representing intervals between Base note and other notes in chord |
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Fragmentation |
Breaking of a theme into segments in order to develop it |
Comp device |
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Hammer on |
Slide finger from one fret up one and back |
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Harmonic |
High clear pure sound produced by a string when muted at halfway point Shown by ° above note |
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Hocket |
Breaking of melody using rests |
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Homophonic |
Melody that moves in harmony blocks |
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Imitation |
Repeating of phrase by different voice |
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Mediant |
Third note in scale |
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Anticipation note |
Note at end of passage to anticipate end ( eg note from final chord played early) |
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Anacrusis |
Unstressed notes at start ( upbeat lead in |
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Metre |
Number of beats per bar |
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Simple metre |
Beat divisible by two |
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Compound metre |
Best divisible by 3 |
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Duple triple and quadruple simple metre example |
2/4 duple 3/4 triple 4/4 quadruple |
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Duple compound metre |
6/8 |
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Harmonic Minor scale |
#7 up and down |
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Melodic minor scale |
#6 and #7 on ascending but natural on descending |
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Natural minor scale |
Natural pitch ascending and descending same as relative major scale |
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Mode |
Scale played from different starting point |
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Mute ( object) |
Device to change tone |
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Opus |
"Work" in Latin eg opus no. 3 |
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Turn |
Ornament written with sideways s and consists of defending 3 chromatic and going up one |
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Ostinato |
Constantly repeated motif |
Comp device |
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Register |
Pitch range of instrument |
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Repetition |
Repeating phrase immediately at same pitch |
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Retrograde |
Going backwards/ upside down |
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Rhythmic displacement |
Repeating a rhythm in a different part of a bar |
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Rondo form |
5 part form A B A C A |
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Sequence |
Repetition of motif at different pitch |
Comp device |
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Stretto |
Imitates a passage before first part finished |
Comp device |
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Syncopation |
Accenting a beat that is not normally accented |
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Ternary form |
Three part form A B A |
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Triplet |
3 notes in time for two of the same note |
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Unrelated chord |
Chord in different key to one before with no common notes |
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Whole tone scale |
Scale of only whole tones ( atonal no key signature) |
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Orchestral order (woodwind) |
Piccolo Flute Clarinets Basoons |
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Orchestral order ( brass) |
Horns Trumpets Trombones Tuba |
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Orchestral order ( strings) |
Violin I Violin II Viola Cello Double bass |
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