Chapter 0 Terms Flashcards
Consonance
Stability
Dissonance
Instability
Tonic
I
Dominant
V
Cadence (half vs. full)
Harmonic/rhythmic configuration that creates a sense of resolution to a musical phrase
Homophony
“Same” + “sound” (more accurately, same rhythm)
Multiple voices, but a high degree of mutual dependence
Usually, melody + accompaniment
Special case: Chorale (more properly, chorale harmonization)
Similar, but slightly more elaborate (occasional, brief independence in subordinate voices)
Polyphony
“Many” + “sound”
Multiple, mutually independent layers (a.k.a. “counterpoint”)
Often mutually echoing the same theme, at different times, so as to overlap (known as Imitative Polyphony/Imitative Counterpoint)
These multiple musical lines could be executed by a single performer
Fugue
A contrapuntal compositional technique in two or more voices (polyphony), built on a subject (theme) that is introduced at the beginning in imitation (repetition at different pitches) and recurs frequently in the course of the composition, usually 2 minutes or longer
Fugato
In the style of a fugue, but not strictly stuck to the idea of it; fugue-Lite, brief suggestion of a fugue; usually less than a minute
Conjunct Melody
A “step” from one pitch to the next
Disjunct Melody
A “skp” from more than one pitch to another
Hemiola
3 beats simultaneous with 2 beats
Syncopation
a variety of rhythms which are in some way unexpected which make part or all of a tune or piece of music off-beat
Symphony
A tonal work in four movements with the first in sonata form
Concerto
a musical composition usually composed in three parts or movements, in which (usually) one solo instrument (for instance, a piano, violin, cello or flute) is accompanied by an orchestra
