Concepts Flashcards
1
Q
accelerando
A
music gets faster
2
Q
rallentando
A
music slows down
3
Q
diminuendo
A
music quieter
4
Q
crescendo
A
music louder
5
Q
pentatonic scale
A
5 note scale found in blues music
6
Q
ornament
A
decorates the Melody eg. grace notes or trill
7
Q
descant
A
harmony part for a second instrument or voice
8
Q
dissonance
A
two notes don not sound nice together
9
Q
walking bass
A
bass line usually played on a double bass or bass guitar and found in jazz
10
Q
plucking
A
you pluck a strung instrument like a guitar
11
Q
strumming
A
you play all the strings on a guitar
12
Q
staccato
A
adds an accent to a note to make it played snappy
13
Q
legato
A
notes are played smoothly
14
Q
trills
A
ornaments that moves rapidly between two notes
15
Q
syncopation
A
played off the beat
