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GCSE Music
Terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Anacrusis | An unaccented beat at the start of a phrase. |
| Acciaccatura or grace note | An ornament that is played very quick before the main note (sounds crushed). |
| Reverb | A guitar effect that adds an echo to the sound. |
| Pitch shifting | An electronic effect used to bend a note or add harmony |
| Pizzicato or pizz | Plucking a stringed instrument. |
| Polyphonic | Musical texture where 2 or more tunes are played at the same time and woven together. |
| Monophonic | Music with a tune and nothing else, no harmony, accompaniment, no percussion. |
| Mbube | A type of South African Zulu a cappella singing Used in Graceland and Diamonds on the Soles of her Shoes |
| Tone | Major, Minor, Chromatic, Diatonic = notes from major and minor scale, No tone = Atonal |
| Antiphonal | A type of texture where 2 choirs or groups of instruments are singing or playing at different times. |
| SATB Choir | Choir with soprano and alto (female singers) tenor and bass (male singers) |
| Heterophonic | When all the parts have different versions of the tune. |
| Overdubbing | Recording a track over another pre-corded track. |
| Conjunct | Where the notes move in small steps - NO LEAPS |
| Disjunct | Where the notes move in LEAPS - no steps |
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