Higher Flashcards
Augmentation
Notes are lengthened
Acciactura
Like an upbeat crushed note
Chamber music
Music written for a small group
One player to a part
Coloratura
High florid singing
Concertino
Group of soloist instruments
Concerto grosso
Soloist plays alongside orchestra
Diminished 7th
Sounds spooky
Diminution
Notes are shortened
Harmonics
Chimes
Interval
Difference in pitch between two notes
Lied
German song for voice and piano
Mass
Latin song
Usually accapella
Religious
Recitative
Music where talking
Ripieno
Large group
Riternello
Repeats
Sonata
Music for piano or soloist accompanied with piano
String quartet
Group of 4 string instruments usually 2 violins viola and cello
Mode
Not major or minor
Obbligato
Instrument holds equal importance to voice
Oratorio
Bible song
Passacaglia
Variation over the ground bass
Plainchant
Sung in Latin
Unaccompanied
Tierce de picarde
Chord at end changes from minor to major
Tremelando
Rapid up and down movement played on a string instrument
Melismatic
Many notes per syllable
Coda
Sounds like the end of a piece
Minimalist
Very slight changes