Glossary

Question 1

concerto

Answer 1

piece of music written for solo instrument with orchestra accompaniment

Question 2

episode

Answer 2

section in the music where soloists take the lead

Question 3

concerto grosso

Answer 3

a piece written for a group of solo instruments accompanied by an orchestra
popular during the baroque period

Question 4

ripieno (or tutti)

Answer 4

full orchestra

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cembalo

Answer 5

Italian word for harpsichord

Question 6

time signature

Answer 6

number of crotchet beats per bar

Question 7

texture

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the way all the different layers fit together and relate to one another

Question 8

pedal

Answer 8

a single note that is held on or repeated in, the bass

Question 9

diatonic melodies

Answer 9

melodies mainly based of major and minor scales

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chromatic melodies

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melodies that include notes from outside the key of music

Question 11

atonal melodies

Answer 11

melodies not in any key

Question 12

homophonic texture

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when the music all moves in harmony

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polyphonic (or contrapuntal) texture

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many lines of music that weave in and out of each other

Question 14

monophonic texture

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only one line of music

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cadence

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two chords at the end of a passage of music

Question 16

perfect cadence

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sounds as though the music has come to an end

formed using the chords V-I

Question 17

imperfect cadence

Answer 17

sounds unfinished

ends on the chord V

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drone

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a held or repeated chord throughout a passage of music

Question 19

overdubbing

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recording one part at a time and layering them

Question 20

suspension

Answer 20

prolonging a note to create dissonance with the next chord