Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Unit 6 Music Theory
Unit 6 AP Music
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Nonharmonic Tone | Notes that are not in the chord that's selected Adds dissonance. |
| Passing Tone | Stepwise motion going up or down (C, D, E) |
| Neighbor Tone | Going up one whole step then returning back (C, D, C) |
| Anticipation | Note does not belong in first chord but belongs in 2nd chord (C chord then F by itself then and F chord after) |
| Escape Tone | Step up one then jump down more than one (C, D, A) |
| Appoggiatura | Skipping up high then down one step (C, G, F) |
| Pedal Point | Note that repeats or holds out will notes above change |
| Suspension | Taking a note from previous chord and holding it to resolve down one step |
| Retardation | Resolve up to the fifth like the suspension but opposite |
| Double Neighbor | Going up then down below then back at home (G, A, F, G) |
| Motive / Motif | Musical Idea or starting block for a song |
| Inversion | Flipping the melody upside down |
| Transposition | Transpose into a new key |
| Retrograde | Play it backwards |
| Retrograde inversion | Play it backwards and inverted |
| Diminution | Make the note values shorter |
| Augmentation | Note values are now longer |
| Modality | Changing from Major to minor or minor to major |
| Fragmentation | Take the melody and take parts of it (Breaking it up) |
| Sequence | A melody that is repeated but at different levels are starting points (C, D, G,) (D, E, F) |
| Rhythmic transformation | Change the rhythm but the melody still sounds familiar |
| Anticipation | A chord tone that will eventually fit into the next chord |
| Hemiola | A rhythm of syncopated beats with two beats within the time of three or three beats within the time of two |
| Augmentation | Make the notes longer |
| Diminution | Make the Notes Shorter |
| Cross-Rhythm | Contrasting rhythms |
| Syncopation | Emphasize the off beat |
| Fermata | A sudden pause and the conductor gets to control how long the rest is |
Created by:
JacksonMoller
Popular Music sets