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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Anacrusis | notes before the first bar line of a piece or passage |
| Broken Chord | Chords broken up into seperate notes |
| Interrupted Cadence | V - vi |
| Sustained Note | Pedal’ed notes |
| Timpani Roll | hand to hand single stroke rolls - NOT bounce / buzz rolls |
| Triplets | playing three notes in the space of two |
| Baroque | About 1600 to 1750 |
| Classical | About 1750 to 1820 |
| Romantic | About 1798 to 1837 |
| Melody | The tune of the piece |
| Dynamics | The volumes/changes in volumes in the piece |
| Brass Instruments | Trumpet Trombone Tuba French horn Cornet Euphonium Flugelhorn Baritone horn Mellophone Bugle Tenor horn Piccolo Helicon Slide trumpet Buccina |
| Woodwind Instruments | |
| Soprano | |
| Alto | |
| Tenor | |
| Bass | |
| Unaccompanied | |
| Perfect | V - I |
| Imperfect | IV - I |
| Major scale | Happy |
| Ascending | Notes/pitches increase |
| Descending | Notes/pitches decrease |
| Structure | |
| Double Bass | |
| Features of Jazz | |
| Syncopation | Offbeat |
| Tempo | The beats per minute |
| Minor Key | Sad/dramatic 3b, 6b, 7b (dependent on the kind) |
| Venue of performance | |
| Duet | Two people |
| Trio | Three people |
| Quartet | Four people |
| Quintet | Five people |
| Version 2 is different | |
| Version 1 is different | |
| Time signature | The amount of beats per bar |
| Violin | |
| Viola | |
| Cello | |
| Pitch | |
| Key Signature | |
| Musical characteristic of sadness | |
| Type of ensemble | |
| Cymbal | |
| Glockenspiel | |
| Snare Drum | |
| Timpani | |
| 3/4 | 3 crotches per bar - waltz feel |
| 2/4 | 2 crotches per bar - marching feel |
| 6/8 | 6 quavers per bar - |
| 12/ 8 | 12 quavers per bar - |
| Chords I V iv i | Pop chord progression (major) |
| Strophic | Verse-repeating form (AAAAA) |
| 32 bar long | |
| Verse chorus form | |
| Vocal part features | |
| Piano features | |
| Pop | |
| Bhangra | |
| Fusion | |
| Rock |