Different features

Question 1

Playing techniques

Answer 1

Arco,
Pizzicato,
tremolo

Question 2

Harmony

Answer 2

extended/altered chords,
Tonic/subdominant,
how many chords,
alternating chords,
diatonic,
octaves,
inversions,
chromatic,
tritone,
diminished 7ths,
cadences.

Question 3

Melody

Answer 3

Conjunct/disjunct (intervals + shape),
Ornamentation,
Repeated interval,
ascending/descending,
register,
range,
Starting note/initial interval,
diatonic/chromatic,
motifs,
suspensions,
repetition,
sequence,
length (4-bar, 8-bar),
irregular phrasing,
arpeggios,
provides a bassline,
blues notes,
borrowed material,
glissando,
Leitmotif/theme.

Question 4

Accompaniment

Answer 4

pedal,
arpeggios,
instruments,
specific rhythms,
ascending/descending,
constant/repetitive,
LH vs RH,
chords or single notes,
texture – different lines,
syncopation.

Question 5

Texture

Answer 5

Poly/mono/homo-phonic,
imitation,
pedal,
dialogue,
antiphony (musical ideas are passed through different groups of instruments)
panning,
unison,
doubling in octaves,
change in density,
number of parts,
multitracking,
parallel chords.

Question 6

Melodic devices

Answer 6

sequence,
imitation.

Question 7

Rhythm

Answer 7

Bossa groove (mimicks the beat of a samba)
cross-rhythms,
syncopated,
dotted
triplets

Question 8

Mood

Answer 8

Minor/major,
note values,
rhythm,
tempo.

Question 9

Harmonic device

Answer 9

pedal,
drone (note is continuously sounded throughout the piece)
cadence.