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1
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Moderato/Andante

A

Moderate tempo

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Allegro

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Fast tempo

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Perfect Cadence

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Sounds finished

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Imperfect Cadence

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Sounds unfinished

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5
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What are the 3 types of tone?

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Major
Minor
Atonal-no set key

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What are the instrument groups?

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Woodwind
Brass
Strings
Percussion

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Accelerando

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Getting faster

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Rallentando

A

Getting slower

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Binary Form

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AB

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Ternary Form

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ABA

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Rondo

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ABACAD

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12
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Pibroch

A

Solo bagpipes

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13
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Modulation

A

Change in key

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14
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Strophic

A

Same music for verses

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Contrary Motion

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Moving in opposite directions

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16
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Name the 5 scales

A 
Chromatic
Major
Minor
Pentatonic-5notes
Whole tone scale-sounds dream like
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17
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Arco

A

To play a string instrument normally using the bow

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Canon

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Starts with one group, then another joins in with the same thing later

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Adagio

A

Slow tempo

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20
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A Cappella

A

Unaccompanied singing. No instruments

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Descant

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A counter melody which is sung above the main melody

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Aria

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A solo song sung in an operatic style, in an opera, with orchestral accompaniment

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Syllabic

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Each syllable is given one note only

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Melismatic

A

Several notes sung to one syllable

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Strophic

A

A song which has the same music repeated for verses/choruses, therefore the music will be heard repeating throughout the song

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Ostinato

A

Repeated pattern of notes

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Anacrusis

A

Tune starts before the first beat of the bar

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Major

A

Happy, bright sounding

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Minor

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Sad, scary, tense sounding

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Atonal

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No set key

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Alberti bass

A

Broken chords played by the left hand on the piano. Low-high-middle-high

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Broken chord

A

Notes of the chord played separately

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Vamp

A

Bass note then chord

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Pedal

A

LOW note held on/repeated while other parts change

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Inverted Pedal

A

HIGH note held on/repeated while other parts change

36
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Piano

A

Quiet

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Forte

A

Loud

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Crescendo

A

Gradually getting louder

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Diminuendo

A

Gradually getting quieter

40
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Pizzicato

A

Plucking a string instrument

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Rubato

A

Speeding up and then slowing down

42
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Homophonic

A

All parts move together

43
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Polyphonic/Contrapuntal

A

2 or more melodies move independently of each other

44
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Concerto

A

Piece of music for a soloist and orchestra

45
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Symphony

A

Piece for an orchestra

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Cadenza

A

Passage for soloist to show off in a concerto

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Ground Bass

A

A theme in the bass which is repeated many times while the higher parts change

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Countermelody

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A melody being played against the main melody

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Drone

A

Played by bagpipes

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Pentatonic Scale

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5 note scale. Found in scottish music

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Syncopation

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Accented off the beat

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Cross rhythms

A

Contrasting rhythms being played together

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Discord

A

Notes which clash with each other

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