Glossary Column 3

Question 1

how the notes in a chord have been spaced out & the order in which they occur.

Answer 1

chord voicing

Question 2

1 - used in harmony to describe notes that aren’t diatonic

2 - used in melody to describe phrases that ascend or descend in semi tone

Answer 2

chromatic

Question 3

a series of chords in which the root note of each chord is a fifth lower or a fourth higher than that of the previous one

Answer 3

circle of fifths

Question 4

the musical period extending from c.1750 to c.1820

Answer 4

classical era

Question 5

the rhythm closely associated with the Latin percussion instrument known as “claves”

Answer 5

clave

Question 6

a section sometimes added at the end of a piece or movement

Answer 6

coda

Question 7

a short coda concluding a single section within a movement

Answer 7

codetta

Question 8

“with the voice” - this is an instruction to the band and the musical director to follow the vocalists tempo

Answer 8

colla voce

Question 9

one extending over more than an octave. A compound third could be a tenth or a seventeenth and so on up

Answer 9

compound interval

Question 10

a metre in which the beat is dotted and subdivides into groups of three

Answer 10

compound metre

Question 11

when the bar feels like it needs to be split into groups of three e.g. 6/8

Answer 11

compound time signature

Question 12

the smaller group of soloists in a concerto grosso

Answer 12

concertino

Question 13

a concerto for more than one soloist. it is usually written in three movements

Answer 13

concerto grosso

Question 14

movement by step

Answer 14

conjunct

Question 15

intervals or chords that sound pleasant

Answer 15

consonant

Question 16

when two melodies are played against eachother and interweave - almost the same as polyphonic written in counter point

Answer 16

contrapuntal

Question 17

“tune against tune” - simultaneous combination of two or more melodies with independent rhythms

Answer 17

counterpoint