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Music flashcards
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Accidentals | Symbols that indicate a change in pitch within a scale. A sharp makes a note a semitone higher and a flat makes a note a semitone lower |
| Anacrusis | or an upbeat is a beat or series of beats that composers sometimes add before the first beat of a bar of music |
| Baroque | The Baroque period is known for its extravagant and complex architecture, music, sculptures and paintings |
| Beam | Is a horizontal line that joins together two or more quavers |
| Call and response | Is when two distinct phrases are heard one immediately after another in a piece of music |
| Copyright | Is the set of property rights that the creator of an original piece of work has. |
| Delay | Is an effect used to postpone the playback of a sound. |
| Diminished triads | Are made up of a minor third (three semitones) followed by another minor third |
| Distortion | Is an effect where the volume of a track is increased which produces a fuzzy or distorted sound. |
| Ethnomusicology | Is the study of music particular to or associated with different countries, cultures or regions. |
| Found sound | Is a sound that is not made by a conventional instrument |
| Fusion | The 'fusing' together of two different genres |
| Graphic score | Is any picture, diagram, drawing or symbol that is used to represent music |
| Incidental music | Is background music that creates mood and emphasizes atmosphere |
| Imitation | Is where a melody is performed by one voice or instrument and then copied by a different voice or instrument immediately after. |
| Instrumentation | refers to which instruments are playing and what they are playing |
| Intellectual property | Can refer to anything created by the human mind |
| Lament | Are sogs that are usually sad and very expressive. They can be about the loss of a loved one, hardship in life or fighting. |
| Leitmotif | Is a recurring theme or melody in a piece of music which is specifically associated with a person or situation |
| Leap movement | is when the notes of a melody move up or down by more than a single note |
| Mallets | Have long handles and ball shaped heads that are usually covered in a soft material. They are used to play some percussion instruments. |
| Melisma | Is having more than one note per syllable |
| Pentatonic scale | Is a pattern of five different notes within an octave. They generally do not include notes that are a semitone apart |
| Planxty | Was a tune that was composed for a head of a household and was often named after them |
| Property rights | Are the rights that protect the ownership and use of people's posessions |
| Rondo form | A piece in this form has a returning theme or section. This returning theme is always the same |
| Royalties | Are fees paid to an artist when someone else uses their work with permission |
| Sustained notes | Or drones are notes that are held for a long duration than others in a piece of music |
| Syncopation | Is when the emphasis is on the weaker beats of a bar e.g. 2 and 4 |
| Triadic melodies | use notes mainly from specific triads in a key signature. |
| Riternello form | A piece in this form has a returning theme or section. This returning theme can have slight variations |
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Luc25