Glossary Column 4

Question 1

melody played after subject or answer has been sounded. melody is against subject

Answer 1

countersubject

Question 2

a new version of an existing song

Answer 2

cover

Question 3

gradually getting louder

Answer 3

crescendo

Question 4

rhythms that cross the usual pattern of accented and unaccented, creating irregular accents and syncopated effects

Answer 4

cross rhythms

Question 5

a section of music in a film referring to a whole track

Answer 5

cue

Question 6

ABA form. often repeated section ornamented

Answer 6

da capo aria

Question 7

baroque music comprised by a series of dance movements. 4 main movements: allemande, courante, sarabande, gigue. based on dance forms from diff countries

Answer 7

dance suite

Question 8

how note dies away after being sounded

Answer 8

decay

Question 9

instruments playing in dialogue playing one after another swapping ideas

Answer 9

dialoguing

Question 10

notes that belong to the key of piece

Answer 10

diatonic

Question 11

music in a film included in the story (eg a character in a bar where the character can hear the music)

Answer 11

diegetic music

Question 12

a fourth note chord made solely of minor third intervals

Answer 12

diminished seventh

Question 13

gradually getting quieter

Answer 13

diminuendo

Question 14

movement by leap

Answer 14

disjunct

Question 15

intervals that are dissonant are minor and major second, minor and major 7th and the triton

Answer 15

dissonant intervals

Question 16

effect which increases the volume &sustain on an electric guitar as well as making the timbre more gritty or smooth depending on settings

Answer 16

distortion

Question 17

a passage focused on the dominant chord to create expectation for a return to the tonic

Answer 17

dominant preparation