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Mozart piano concert
Compositional, melodic, harmonic features & techniques
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Sequence Composition | A musical idea that is immediately repeated in a higher or lower pitch |
| Inversion Composition | The intervals of a melody are turned upside down |
| Imitation Composition | When different instruments or voices repeat a melody |
| Antiphonal dialogue Composition | When two or more groups of musicians/singers play/sing alternately, one answering the other. (Call and response) |
| Repeated notes Melody | The repeated use of a note at the same pitch over and over again in a melody |
| Ornamentation Melody | Musical decorations or extra notes added to a melody or accompaniment to add interest and variety |
| Scalic movement Melody | A melody or musical passage that moves up or down a scale often creating a scale. |
| Canon Composition | Where a melody is imitated at a fixed distance |
| Chromaticism Melody | The use of notes outside of a give key signature, creating a more complex and varied sound. |
| Broken chords Harmony | A type of chord in which the notes are played or sung one after the other rather than simultaneously |
| Block chords Harmony | A type of chord in which all notes are played simultaneously rather than broken up. |