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Year 11 Term 1 1
Starting off - Musical concepts
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| ascending | heading upwards |
| descending | heading downwards |
| steps | notes that are next to each other |
| leaps | notes that are not next to each other |
| repeated notes | a short series of notes that have the same pitch |
| range | the distance from the highest to the lowest note |
| register | the general area of pitch |
| arpeggio | the notes of a chord played one after another |
| broken chord | notes of a chord played played separately in various orders |
| counter melody | a second melody that is independant to another melody |
| improvisation | a melody that is freely created on the spot |
| call and response | two melodies that are heard after each other similar to question and answer |
| sequence | a chord progression or melody that repeats higher or lower in succession |
| definite | pitch that can be found on the piano |
| indefinite | pitch that cant be found on the piano |
| consonant | harmony that is agreeable and not clashing |
| pentatonic | a scale of 5 notes |
| blues scale | a scale that is used in blues music |
| modulation | a change in key |
| rate of chord change | describing the frequency of chordal movement |
| 12 bar blues | a chord pattern that is used in blues and early rock music |
| parallel harmony | a part that has a similar shape to another |
| walking bass line | a bass line that is based on an arpeggio. It is used in Blues music |
| beat | the pulse of music |
| accent | a strong or emphasised note |
| syncopation | notes that are off the beat |
| pause | a held note held at the condutor or performers discression |
| time signature | the number of beats in a bar |
| ostinato | a repeating musical pattern |
| swing rhythm | long short pattern oftern used in jazz music |
| crotchet | a one beat note |
| quaver | a half beat note |
| semibreve | a four beat note |
| staccato | short and detached |
| melody | the main instrumental layer |
| accompaniment | instruments that support the melody |
| density | the number of instruemnts playing |
| homophonic | a melody with chords |
| polyphonic | having two or more independent but harmonically related melodic parts sounding together |
| monophonic | Consisting of a single unaccompanied MELODIC line. |
| unison | all parts playing the same thing |
| binary | a structure of 2 contrasting sections |
| ternary | a structure of 3 sections where the first and the last are the same |
| verse | a part of a song that has the same tune but different words each time |
| chorus | a part of a song that has the same words and tune each time |
| bridge | a part of a song that has not been heard before and it has words |
| instrumental | a part of a song that has no voices (not at the start) |
| coda | the name for a final ending section of a piece of music |
| piano | soft |
| mezzo piano | moderately soft |
| forte | loud |
| mezzo forte | moderatly loud |
| fortissimo | very loud |
| crescendo | getting louder |
| decrescendo | gradually softer |
| pizzicato | pluck the strings |
| dolce | sweetly |
| key signature | the sharps or flats at the front of a song |
| slur | line indicating notes are smooth and connected |
| chord | several notes sounded simultaneously |
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