WOM Extra Terms Word Scramble
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Music Term | Definition |
Harmonic Cadence | A two-chord progression at the end of each phrase, section, and whole piece. |
Authentic Cadence | V or V7 moving to a I. |
Half Cadence | Any chord (usually IV or ii) moving to V. |
Plagal Cadence | IV moving to I. |
Deceptive Cadence | V moving to a chord other than I, usually vi. Phrase length may be extended or obscured by means of a deceptive cadence. |
Melodic Range | The distance from the lowest to the highest melodic tone. |
Narrow Range | Up to 5 scale-steps. |
Moderate Range | 5 or 6 scale-steps up to an octave plus two or three scale-steps. |
Wide Range | An octave plus four scale-steps or more. |
Scale | A stepwise ladder of tones. |
Chromatic Scale | A scale compromised entirely of half steps. e.g., C C# D D# E E# F F# G G# A A# B C |
Church Modes | Seven ancient scales with varying patterns of whole and half steps. |
Major Scale | A rising or falling series of step-wise tones, with the following pattern of whole and half steps: W W H W W W H. |
Minor Scale | A rising or falling series of step-wise tones, with the following pattern of whole and half steps for the natural minor scale: W H W W H W W. |
Pentatonic Scale | A scale with only five notes. e.g., C# D# F# G# A#. |
Whole-tone Scale | A scale compromised only of whole steps. e.g., C D E F# G# A# |
Tempo | The speed of steady beats moving in time. |
Largo | Very slow; broadly |
Adagio | Slowly; leisurely |
Andante | Moderately slow; walking speed |
Allegretto | Moderately fast, but not as fast as Allegro. |
Allegro | Fast |
Vivace | Fast and Lively |
Presto | Very Fast |
Texture | The manner in which all sounding parts are combined in music. |
Monophonic texture | One melody line sounding alone. |
Homophonic Texture | One melody line with accompaniment. |
Polyphonic Texture | Two or more melodically independent melody lines sounding at the same time. |
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