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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Drone | A continuously sustained or repeated pitch heard beneath other musical material. |
| How to identify Drone in a score exerpt? | Look for a long-held or continuously repeated note while other parts change. |
| Bend | A technique that raises or lowers the pitch of a note. |
| How to identify Bend in a score exerpt? | Look for a curved arrow or a bend marking, commonly in guitar notation or tablature. |
| Glissando | A continuous slide from one pitch to another. |
| How to identify Glissando in a score exerpt? | Look for a straight or wavy line connecting two notes, often labelled gliss. |
| Melisma | Several notes sung on one syllable. |
| How to identify Melisma in a score exerpt? | Look for one lyric syllable extended beneath a group of notes. |
| Pedal point | A sustained or repeated pitch heard while the harmony changes around it. |
| How to identify Pedal point in a score exerpt? | Find a long-held or repeated note, usually in the bass, underneath changing chords. |
| Sequence | A musical idea repeated at a higher or lower pitch. |
| How to identify Sequence in a score exerpt? | Locate the same melodic or rhythmic shape beginning on different pitches. |
| Countermelody | A secondary melody performed at the same time as the main melody. |
| How to identify Countermelody in a score exerpt? | Look for two independent melodic lines occurring simultaneously. |
| Melodic contour | The overall shape of a melody as it rises, falls or remains on the same pitch. |
| How to identify Melodic Contour in a score exerpt? | Follow the notes and describe the shape as ascending, descending, arch-shaped or wave-like. |
| Harmonics | High, pure pitches produced when only part of a string or air column vibrates. |
| How to identify Harmonics in a score exerpt? | Look for diamond-shaped noteheads, small circles above notes or the abbreviation harm. |
| Cascading harmonics | A flowing series of harmonics moving rapidly through different pitches. |
| How to identify Cascading harmonics in a score exerpt? | Look for a rapid ascending or descending passage of diamond-shaped notes or harmonic markings. |
| Walking bass | A bass line that moves steadily through chord tones and connecting pitches. |
| How to identify Walking bass in a score exerpt? | Look for a continuous bass line, commonly moving in crotchets. |
| Imitation | A musical idea performed by one part and then repeated by another part. |
| How to identify Imitation in a score exerpt? | Find the same or a similar motif entering later in another instrumental or vocal part. |
| Trill | A rapid alternation between a written note and the note directly above it. |
| How to identify Trill in a score exerpt? | Look for tr or a wavy line above the note. |
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