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Pitch
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| PITCH | refers to the relative highness and lowness of sounds |
| Tonality | the way notes are arranged by a composer, usually based on a scale or mode |
| Tonal Centre | the note or tone that the scale and the piece are based on |
| Diatonic | refers to the major or minor scales used in the music. |
| Major tonality | Tonality based on the major scale |
| Minor tonality | Tonality based on the minor scale |
| Pentatonic | Based on a five note scale |
| Modal tonality | Based on scales called modes - originally from the medieval period |
| Chromatic scale | Scale based entirely on semitones |
| microtone | Interval that is smaller than a semitone |
| Whole tone scale | Scale based on equal steps of whole tones |
| Atonal | A piece with no tonal centre |
| World music | Music outside of the western tradition |
| key | The note that the scale is based upon |
| modulation | A change in key in the middle of a piece of music |
| Melody | A horizontal succession of pitches |
| Definite pitch | A tuned and distinct sound |
| Indefinite pitch | Untuned sound such as a speaking voice |
| Countermelody | A melody heard at the same time as the main melody |
| Melodic movement | refers to the pitch direction in a melody |
| steps | Movement from one note to the note directly above or below it |
| leap | Movement from one note to another further away |
| Melodic contour | the shape of the melody in a piece of music |
| Register | The general height of sound |
| Soprano | Highest female voice type |
| Alto | Lower female voice type |
| Tenor | Higher male voice type |
| Bass | Lower male voice type |
| range | Relates to the extent of the notes used in a melody |
| ornamentation | Extra notes added to the melody by the composer to decorate it or make it more interesting |
| Melodic ostinato | A melodic repeated pattern |
| riff | A melodic or harmonic repeated pattern found in jazz or rock music |
| Motif | a melodic fragment that is heard throughout a piece of music and has the effect of unifying it |
| Sequence | a pattern of notes repeated at a higher or lower pitch. |
| Repetition | refers to a melody or melodies heard repeatedly |
| Melisma | several, often ornamented notes sung to one syllable of text |
| Lick | several, often ornamented notes sung to one syllable of text in rock or pop music |
| Harmony | two or more pitches sounding together. |
| Parallel harmony | Harmonising the melodic line |
| Block chords | When all of the notes in the chord are played at once |
| Arpeggiated chords | When the chord is slightly broken while being played at once - making them sound strummed |
| Broken chords | When each note of the chord is played one at a time |
| Arpeggios | When notes in a chord are played one after the other over an octave |
| Alberti bass | When the notes in the chord are broken and played in this order: bottom, top, middle, top |
| Drone | When an interval of a 5th is held under an extended melody |
| Harmonic rhythm | How often the chords change |
| Harmonic ostinato | Repeated chord pattern |
| Walking bass line | When the bass line moves by step or small interval on each beat of the bar - walking to the beat of the music |
| chord | Three or more pitches played at the same time |
| Chord progression | The name of the pattern of chord changes |
| Tone cluster | A chord that consists of only adjacent notes |
| cadence | A two chord progression that acts like a punctuation point in the music |
| Perfect cadence | V - I - sounding finished |
| Imperfect cadence | I- V - sounding unfinished |
| Interrupted cadence | V-vi - sounding like it is going to finish and then doesn’t |
| Plagal cadence | IV-I - often used in “Amen” |
| Triad | A three note chord in close position |
| Complex chord | A chord with additional notes on top of the triad such as 7ths, 9ths |
| Modulation | The change of the key in a piece of music |
| Consonant sound | Pleasing to the ear |
| Dissonant sound | Sounds like a clash |
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