H Flashcards
Harmonic Ostinato
A repeated pattern, usually chordal, played with a meldoy.
Harmonic Role
An instrument holding the harmony in a piece of music.
Harmonic Riff
A repeated harmonic pattern.
Harmonics
Sound vibrations ( usually related to string instruments) whose frequencies create tones that are multipules of the fundamental tone.
Harmonics
Two or more pitches sounding together.
Hemiola
Pattern of syncopated beats with two beatsin the time of three or three in the time of two.
Hetreophonic
Texture in which two or more lines are played or sung at the same time, with different variations of the same melody.
Homophonic
Texture characterised by a single melodic line and a harmony (accompaniment).
Hookline
A ‘catchy’ section of a peice of music that ‘draws in’ the listener.