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AQA GCSE Music Key Word Glossary (2016+) > AOS1: Western Classical Music from 1600-1910 > Flashcards

AOS1: Western Classical Music from 1600-1910 Flashcards

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Conjunct

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Melody: smooth line, mostly stepwise

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Disjunct

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Melody: broken line, lots of leaps and jumps

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Triadic

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Melody: line moving using the notes of the chord. 1st, 3rd, and 5th.

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Scalic

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Melody: line going up and down the notes of a scale, in order.

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Arpeggio

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Melody: playing the notes of a chord on after an other.

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Passing Note

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Melody: a note which passes between two notes a 3rd apart, joining them together.

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Diatonic

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Melody & Harmony: notes which belong to the key/chord.

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Chromatic

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Melody & Harmony: notes which do not belong the the key/chord.

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Slide / Portamento

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Articulation: Sliding between two notes.

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Ornamentation

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Melody: ways in which performers and composers decorate a melody.

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Acciaccatura

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Melody: Grace note: a short note which is squeezed in.

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Appoggiatura

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Melody: Grace note: a note which takes half of the value from the proceeding note.

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Ostinato

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Melody: a short melodic phrase or chord sequence that is repeated. Can either last a whole piece or a section of music.

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Articulation

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Articulation: The way a note is played.

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Consonant

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Harmony: notes which sound ‘nice’ together.

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Dissonant

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Harmony: notes which do not sound ‘nice’ together.

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Pedal

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Harmony: A note which is held, as the harmony changes above it. Usually the tonic or dominant.

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Drone

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Harmony: notes which sound continuously through a piece. Think - Bagpipes.

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Perfect Cadence

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Harmony: sounds finished. V-I.

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Plagal Cadence

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Harmony: sounds finished (Amen). IV-I.

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Imperfect Cadence

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Harmony: sounds unfinished. I-V.

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Interrupted Cadence

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Harmony: doesn’t go where you expect. V-vi.

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Tiérce de Picardie

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Harmony: perfect cadence in a minor key, which ends on the tonic major. v-I.

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Seventh Chords

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Harmony: an extra third built on top of a regular triad. C-E-G-Bb.

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C Major
Tonality: key with 0 sharps/flats
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G Major
Tonality: key with 1 sharp
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D Major
Tonality: key with 2 sharps
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A Major
Tonality: key with 3 sharps
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E Major
Tonality: key with 4 sharps
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F Major
Tonality: key with 1 flat
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Bb Major
Tonality: key with 2 flats
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Eb Major
Tonality: key with 3 flats
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Ab Major
Tonality: key with 4 flats
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A Minor
Tonality: key with 0 sharps/flats
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E minor
Tonality: key with 1 sharp
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B minor
Tonality: key with 2 sharps
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F# minor
Tonality: key with 3 sharps
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C# minor
Tonality: key with 4 sharps
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D minor
Tonality: key with 1 flat
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G minor
Tonality: key with 2 flats
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C minor
Tonality: key with 3 flats
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F minor
Tonality: key with 4 flats
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Modulation
Tonality: gradual process of changing key.
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Relative Major / Minor
Tonality: keys which share the same number of flats/sharps. F/Dm
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Tonic Major / Minor
Tonality: keys which share the same tonic. C Major / C minor
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Binary Form
Structure: A B
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Ternary Form
Structure: A B A
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Rondo Form
Structure: A B A C A
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Arch Form
Structure: A B C B A
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Through-Composed
Structure: a piece which is composed from beginning to end, in no regular structure.
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Theme and Variations
Structure: A melody which is followed by a set of variations of it. Changing the time signature, speed and usually increasing in difficulty.
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Sonata
Structure: solo instrument accompanied by piano.
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Sonata Form
Structure: Exposition, Development, Recapitulation.
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Minuet and Trio
Structure: Two dances played one after another. Usually in triple time.
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Call & Response
Structure: One instrument plays first, followed by others that respond.
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Ground Bass
Structure: A repeating bass line which repeats throughout the composition.
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Continuo
Structure/Instrumentation: A string instrument which plays the bass line along with a keyboard instrument that realises figured bass.
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Cadenza
Structure/Melody: A solo passage towards the end of a piece which allows the soloist to show off.
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Arco.
Sonority: string technique - bowed.
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Pizz.
Sonority: string technique - plucked.
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Con Sord.
Sonority: Italian - with mute.
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Monophonic
Texture: one instrument playing alone.
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Octaves
Texture: instruments playing the same melody line at different octaves.
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Unison
Texture: Two or more instruments playing the same thing at the same octave.
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Homophonic
Texture: Lines of music moving together, playing different notes. Think Bach Chorales.
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Polyphonic / Contrapuntal
Texture: Lots of lines of music of equal importance playing different things.
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Canon
Texture: instruments playing the same melody, beginning at different times.
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Antiphonal
Texture: Call & Response
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A Cappella
Texture: Unaccompanied singing. (In a church style).
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Melody & Accompaniment
Texture: One melody accompanied by chords.
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Quadruple time
Rhythm & Metre: 4 beats in a bar
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Triple time
Rhythm & Metre: 3 beats in a bar
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Duple time
Rhythm & Metre: 2 beats in a bar
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Anacrusis
Rhythm & Metre: a pick up beat/note
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Augmentation
Rhythm & Metre: to make rhythms longer
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Diminution
Rhythm & Metre: to make rhythms smaller
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Hemiola
Rhythm & Metre: a rhythmic pattern of syncopated beats with two beats in the time of three or three beats in the time of two.
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Semibreve
Rhythm & Metre: a 4 beat note
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Minim
Rhythm & Metre: a 2 beat note
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Crotchet
Rhythm & Metre: a 1 beat note
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Quaver
Rhythm & Metre: a 1/2 beat note
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Semiquaver
Rhythm & Metre: a 1/4 beat note
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Triplets
Rhythm & Metre: 3 notes in the space of 2
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Rubato
Rhythm & Metre: speeding up and slowing down a piece of music for expressive purposes. "Borrowed Time"
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General Pause
Rhythm & Metre: Silent bar
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Tempo
Rhythm & Metre: Italian meaning 'speed'
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Pianissimo (pp)
Dynamics: Very quiet
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Piano (p)
Dynamics: quiet
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Mezzo-piano (mp)
Dynamics: Medium-quiet
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Mezzo-forte (mf)
Dynamics: Medium-loud
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Forte (f)
Dynamics: Loud
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Fortissimo (ff)
Dynamics: Very Loud
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Crescendo, cresc.,
Dynamics: gradually getting louder
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Diminuendo, dim., >
Dynamics: gradually getting quieter
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Sforzando, sfz.
Dynamics: Attack the note (usually come away after)

AQA GCSE Music Key Word Glossary (2016+) (4 decks)

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