General Music Revision Flashcards
Order of the musical periods:
Famous composers for Baroque period
Bach, Vivaldi, Purcell, Handel
Famous composers for the Classical period
Mozart, Beethoven, Haydn, Schubert
Famous composers for the Romantic era
Tchaikovsky, Brahms, Schumann, Strauss
Slow
Adagio
Very fast
Presto
Monophonic
> single melody line without harmonies
Homophonic
melody and accompaniment(thick chordal and main melody)
Polyphonic/contrapuntal
2 or more equally important melodic parts played at the same time
>interweaving melodic parts
Heterophonic
> simultaneous variation of a single melody line
so variation is played over the original
Structure points for essay
> ternary
rondo(ABACA)
ground bass
sonata
strophic
de capo aria(solo song in ABA but decorated in the repeated A)
cyclic
continuo
Baroque period
1600-1750
Classical period
1750-1820
Romantic period
1820-1899
20th century period
1990-1999
What comes under rhythm and metre?
> regular/irregular
simple time/compound time
dotted rhythms
triplets
syncopation
drum fills
tempo
What comes under harmony?
> diatonic/chromatic
consonant/dissonant
pedal
cadences(perfect/plagal/imperfect/interrupted)
tierce de picardie(final cord where the piece is in minor key but has a major third instead of expected minor)
What comes under tonality?
> tonal
major/minor
modulations
atonal(no sense of key-unrelated to tonic note)
What comes under texture?
> homophonic
polyphonic/contrapuntal
imitation
canons
layered
unison
octaves
single melody line
What comes under melody?
> conjunct/disjunct
triadic
broken chords
scalic
arpeggio
passing notes
ornamentation
sequences
inversion
slide/glissando/portamento
ostinato
articulation
Key signature of C
no sharps or flats
Key signature of G
one sharp
F#
Key signature of D major
2 sharps
F# and C#
Key signature of A
3 sharps
F#, C#, G#
Key signature of E
4 sharps
F#, C#, G#, D#
Key signature of F
one flat
Bb
Key signature of Bb
2 flats
Bb and Eb
Key signature of Eb
3 flats
Bb, Eb and Ab
Key signature of Ab
4 flats
Bb, Eb, Ab and Db
How do you find the relative minor of a key?
> count down 3 semitones to the left (dont include the tonic key)
eg relative minor of C is A minor
What does - mean?
> note should be played with tenuto(held for its full length)
What does sfz mean
> sforzando so sudden emphasis
How do you find the dominant key
