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1
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Drone

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PITCH - Sustained low note

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2
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Sequence

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PITCH - immediate repetition of contour on a new starting note

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3
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PITCH - contour moving large gaps between notes

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Leaps

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4
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PITCH - moving in semitones

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Chromatic

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5
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PITCH - End chord conclusion for a section

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Cadence

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6
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Riff

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PITCH - short repeated melodic idea on a rock instrument

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7
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Ascending

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PITCH - Contour rising in pitch

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8
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PITCH - Separate pitches that outline a chord

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Broken Chords

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9
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Range

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PITCH - lowest to highest note played by an instrument

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10
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PITCH - How high, medium or low an instrument is played

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Register

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11
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Microtonal

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PITCH - Smaller divisions than semitones. Often found in electronic music

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12
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Diatonic

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PITCH - Major or minor keys

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13
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Atonal

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PITCH - No set tonal centre; ambiguous and ‘yuck’

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14
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PITCH - Jazz bassline with constant moving crotchets

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Walking Bass

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15
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PITCH - multiple melodies playing simultaneously in the same contour

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Parallel

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16
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Absence of Metre

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DURATION - no countable pulse

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17
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Mixed Metre

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DURATION - multiple pulse counts joined together eg. 5/4 (2+3)

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18
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DURATION - fast tempo

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Allegro

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19
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Andante

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DURATION - walking tempo

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20
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Strong

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DURATION - Has a drumbeat

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21
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Note Values

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DURATION - short or long notes

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22
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Repetition

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DURATION - musical ideas repeated

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23
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DURATION - Snare on beats 2 and 4

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Rock Beat

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24
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Swing

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DURATION - Jazz - Quavers have a dotted rhythm (long, shortshort…)

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25
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DURATION - Multiple rhythms at once; often clashing

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Polyrhythm

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26
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DURATION - copying of melodic or rhythmic ideas

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Imitation

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27
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DURATION - repeated rhythmic idea

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Ostinato

28
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DURATION - off the beat ‘and’

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Syncopation

29
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DURATION - bouncy/sharp notes

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Staccato

30
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Triple Metre

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DURATION - 3 beats per bar is the pulse count

31
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Forte

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DYNAMICS - loud volume

32
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DYNAMICS - very soft

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Pianoissimo

33
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DYNAMICS - gradually getting louder

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Crescendo

34
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Diminuendo

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DYNAMICS - gradually getting softer

35
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DYNAMICS - Sudden accent

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Sforzando

36
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EXPRESSIVE TECHNIQUES - Vocal solo improvisation imitating an instrument; often jazz

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Scat

37
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EXPRESSIVE TECHNIQUES - subtle vibration of held notes

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Vibrato

38
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Bend

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EXPRESSIVE TECHNIQUES - pitch slightly raised like a smooth wobble

39
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Falsetto

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EXPRESSIVE TECHNIQUES - Higher register MALE singing; quite weak in strength

40
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Flutter-tonguing

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EXPRESSIVE TECHNIQUES - tremolo for instruments that need air (aerophones); a flutter

41
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EXPRESSIVE TECHNIQUES - hitting the snare drum mostly on the edge (the skeleton); more metallic sound

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Rim shot

42
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Grace note

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EXPRESSIVE TECHNIQUES - a very short note ‘crushed’ before a ‘normal’ length note; ornamentation

43
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Harmonic

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EXPRESSIVE TECHNIQUES - a light tough on a string instrument to produce the 2nd fundamental; a weak higher-pitched fainter note

44
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EXPRESSIVE TECHNIQUES - Using the bow on a string instrument

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Arco

45
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EXPRESSIVE TECHNIQUES - Plucking string instruments from the orchestra

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Pizzicato

46
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EXPRESSIVE TECHNIQUES - ascending or descending chromatically fast on a piano; like a slide

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Glissando

47
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Slide

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EXPRESSIVE TECHNIQUES - chromatic movement on instruments other than the piano eg. guitar

48
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Legato

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EXPRESSIVE TECHNIQUES - played smoothly

49
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Rubato

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EXPRESSIVE TECHNIQUES - free play

50
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Tremolo

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EXPRESSIVE TECHNIQUES - rapid repetition of the same note

51
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Distortion

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TONE COLOUR - harsh tone normally associated with the electric guitar

52
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Foreground

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TONE COLOUR - Main instruments heard in a section

53
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TONE COLOUR - Metal sounding

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Metallic

54
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Eerie

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TONE COLOUR - Scary in tone

55
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Hollow

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TONE COLOUR - Description for acoustic instruments and percussion

56
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Polyphonic

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TEXTURE - Multiple (clashing) main melodies and accompaniment

57
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TEXTURE - Melody and accompaniment

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Homophonic

58
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Monophonic

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TEXTURE - just melody

59
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Thin

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TEXTURE - Hardly any layers of sound

60
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Heterophonic

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TEXTURE - similar to unison between 2 or more instruments with subtle improvisations to make distinct

61
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STRUCTURE - Pop/rock terminology when you hear lyrics

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Verse Chorus

62
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ABA

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STRUCTURE - ternary form

63
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Strophic

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STRUCTURE - just verses ie. just A sections; very repetitive

64
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Free Form

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STRUCTURE - no set structure

65
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Theme and Variation

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STRUCTURE - Melody that keeps being varied upon

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