Higher Flashcards
Acciactura
An ornament which sounds like a crushed note being played just before the main note. Similar to a grace note.
A simple example of a cross rhythm.
3 against 2
This describes a note ‘added’ to the familiar chord structure of, root, 3rd, 5th. It adds on the 6th. Often used in jazz.
Added 6th
A passage of music where the lengths of notes are doubled.
Augmentation.
A bass line, commonly played on cello, bassoon, bass, viola da gamba. From the baroque period.
Basso continuo.
Music written for a small group of instruments, for performing in a small area like in homes.
Chamber music.
Elaborate vocal singing, involving scales, runs and ornaments, where there are a number of notes sung to the one syllable. Baroque period.
Coloratura.
Small, solo group of instruments as opposed to the main group.
Concertino.
An important form of music developed in the baroque period. Comprised of 3 main elements. Also what are these elements?
Concerto grosso.
Concertino
Ripieno
Basso continuo
Four notes built one on top of the other. It is built using intervals of a minor 3rd.
Diminished 7th
A passage of music where the note lengths are halved.
Diminution.
Chord built on the 5th note of a key which adds the 7th note above its root.
Dominant 7th.
When a theme first appears in music. Usually associated with Sonatas and fugues.
Exposition.
7th degree of the scale is raised by a semitone.
Harmonic minor.
High eerie sounds produced by a stringed instrument by lightly touching the strings at certain points.
Harmonics.
Effect created through the use of cross rhythms, tying notes across the bar line. Music mirrors the style of artists such as Claude Monet, where edges between objects are often blurred.
Impressionist
A cadence formed by the chords 5 then 6. Sounds unfinished.
Interrupted cadence.
