Definitions for Final Exam Flashcards
rhythm
duration of time of notes in music
meter
accent of the music
measure
a temporal unit that composers indicate with bar lines; tonal music usually has measures of the same length and strong/weak beats
phrase
group of sounds; shortest passage of music that reaches a point of repose, expresses complete musical thought
hypermeasure
all the same length, have the same underlying pattern of strong/weak beats
hypermeter
regular grouping of measures
syncopation
displacement of the natural accent
hemiola
two groups of three beats become three groups of two beats, but the time signature never changed
sentence form
A - A’ - B // 1 - 1 - 2
cadence
a point of repose
authentic cadence
V goes to I
perfect authentic cadence
V goes to I and the soprano has the tonic of the I chord
imperfect authentic cadence
V goes to I but the soprano does not have the tonic of the I chord
half cadence
a point of repose ending on the V chord
period
group of two or more phrases that have some kind of interdependence
period form
group of two or more phrases that have some kind of similarity, maybe in rhythm or chords (PERIODDTTT)
fore phrase
comes before
after phrase
comes after
antecedent
fore phrase that ends with half cadence (V chord)
parallel period
period where the fore and after phrases are melodically similar, both in rhythm and melody
parallel interrupted period
parallel period where the fore phrase ends with a half cadence (V chord)
contrasting period
period where the fore and after phrases are not melodically similar
phrase group
group of phrases that form a unit, but don’t end in a complete cadence
double period form
a period that has antecedent and consequent units, two phrases each, second phrase ends in half cadence and fourth phrase ends in PAC
