AO3 - Film Music Flashcards

1
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Pizzicato

A

Plucking the strings

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2
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Divisi

A

Two parts sharing the same musical line

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3
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Double stopping

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Playing two strings at the same time

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4
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Arco

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Using a bow to play a stringed instrument

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5
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Tremolo

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A ‘trembling’ effect, moving rapidly on the same note or between two chords

e.g. using the bow rapidly back and forth

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6
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Tongued

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A technique to make the notes sound separated

woodwind/brass

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7
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Slur

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Notes are played smoothly

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8
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Muted

A

Using a mute to change/dampen the sound

brass/strings

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9
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Drum Roll

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Notes/beats in rapid succession

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10
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Glissando

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A rapid glide over the notes

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11
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Trill

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A rapid glide over the notes

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12
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Vibrato

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Making the notes ‘wobble’ up and down for expression

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13
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Theme

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The main tune/melody

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14
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Motif

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A short musical idea

melodic or rhythmic

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15
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Leitmotif

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A recurring musical idea linked to a character/object or place

e.g. Darth Vader’s motif in Star Wars

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16
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Underscoring

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Music playing underneath the dialogue

17
Q

Scalic

A

Melody follows the notes of a scale

18
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Triadic

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Melody moves around the notes of a triad

19
Q

Fanfare

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Short tune often played by brass instruments, to announce someone/something important; based on the pitches of a chord

20
Q

Pedal note

A

A long, sustained note, usually in the bass/lower notes

21
Q

Ostinato/riff

A

A short, repeated pattern

Ostinato - Classical
Riff - Pop/Rock etc.

22
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Conjunct

A

The melody moves by step

23
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Disjunct

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The melody moves with leaps/intervals

24
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Consonant harmony

A

Sounds ‘good’ together

25
Q

Dissonant harmony

A

Sounds ‘clashy’

26
Q

Chromatic harmony

A

Uses lots of semitones/accidentals that’s not in the home key

27
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Minimalism

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A style of music using repetition of short phrases which change gradually over time

28
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Rising Interval

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Intervals moving upwards

ascending

29
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Falling interval

A

Intervals moving downwards

descending

30
Q

Interval

A

The distance between two notes