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Key points Flashcards

1
Q

Harmonic devices

A

major/ minor
Diatonic/ chromatic
Consonant or dissonant
key change/ modulation
cadences
Diminished sevenths
drone note
pedal note
inverted pedal
imitation

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2
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Describe the…. (exam technique)

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Starts with….
does this….
End this….

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3
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Describe 3 musical features (6 marks)

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Device…. than effect

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4
Q

Cadences

A

perfect, imperfect, interrupted……

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5
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Baroque features

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….

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6
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Harpsichord features

A

no sustain pedal
no dynamics

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7
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Contrapuntal

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(means polyphonic) used for the Baroque period pieces

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8
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Guitar

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NEVER just write guitar

e.g. Electric guitar
instead

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9
Q

Baroque period

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17th century
ground bass
light touch
tune played in both hands
ornaments
no pedal

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10
Q

Classical period

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lots of scales and arpeggios
melody in one hand and accompaniment
alberti bass

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11
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Romantic period

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Rubato
Sustained pedal
rich harmonies
chromatic notes

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12
Q

20th century

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jazzy
- syncopated
swung rhythms
blues notes

Non jazzy
- dissonance
no sense of key
repetitive clashing chords

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13
Q

Perfect cadence

A

5 - 1

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14
Q

interrupted cadence

A

5-6

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15
Q

Imperfect Cadence

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1-5
or
4-5

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16
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Tonality

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Major - happy
Minor - sad
Modal - doesn’t quite fit major or minor
Atonal - no obvious key

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17
Q

Plagal Cadence

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sounds finished but uses a more subtle approach 4-1

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18
Q

Cadences tips

A

guess perfect

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19
Q

harmony x3 key ones

A

pedal
circle of 5ths
cadences

20
Q

Rhythm x2 key

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syncopation
ostinato

21
Q

Melodic devices

A

sequence - allows harmonies to change
ostinato

22
Q

jazz key features

A

Acoustic guitar and bass guitar

Rhythm:
syncopated

Harmonies:
altered chords
extended chords
dissonance
sustained chords

Free tempo

23
Q

Bossa Nova/ latin key features

A

português singing

acoustic guitar

bossa groove rhythm

24
Q

key words for Bach

A

Diatonic
fugal like
baroque
Concerto groos
D major
Part B in A major
harpsichord
bass continuo
Counterpoint
Dialoguing
ascending sequence

25
Q

key words for Beethoven

A

Free tempo opening
Large tessitura of notes and dynamics
Sonata form
chromaticism
C Minor
First subject
ornamentation
Intro, exposition, development, recapitulation
grave intro
dynamic contrast

26
Q

Key words Purcell

A

Word painting
melismatic
rising and falling melodies
Ground bass
descending phrases
repetition
off beat
syncopated
ornaments
ternary form
A minor - medicated to E minor and A major and C major
Dissonance
Suspension
Functional harmonies
Ostinato
Onomatopoeic repetition

27
Q

Key words Queen

A

Panning
Flange
Filter sweep
Vocalisation
Backing vocals
overdubbing
Melody dominated homophony
finger click opening
Staccato chords
Conjunct
Eb major
some chromatics

28
Q

Key words Gravity

A

Colla voce
leit motif
Tremolo
mostly syllabic
dotted rhythm
Leitmotif
Syncopation
D major

29
Q

Key words Williams

A

Quartal harmonies
Fanfare
Major key
Tutti
Bb major

30
Q

Key words afro celt

A

Celtic
African polyrhythms
filter sweeps
texture increases
drones
gaelic vocals (celtic)
Panning
Male vox
Female Vox

31
Q

key words Samba

A

Jazz harmonies
bossa nova grove
Lyrics about love

32
Q

key words melody

A

colla voce
vocalisation
word painting
rising and falling
dynamics
disjunct
mordents
ornaments
imitation
repetition
melismatic
syllabic
scalic
sequences
chromatic
ostinato
conjunct

33
Q

key words harmony

A

diatonic
circle of 5ths
quartal harmony
dissonance
consonant
chord progression
tonic pedal
harmonic rhythm
inverted pedal
pedal
ostinato
plagal cadences
Dominat chord
Dominant 7ths
Diminished 7ths
intervals

34
Q

Tonality key words

A

relative major/ minor
tonic key
modal
modulation
atonal
minor
major
bitonal

35
Q

Texture key words

A

counterpoint
Contrapuntal
Monophonic
Antiphony
Polyphonic
Homophony
Imitation
Unison
Fugal

36
Q

Rhythm key words

A

cross rhythm
swung rhythm
sextuplets
triplets
dotted rhythm
syncopation
off beat
polyrhythm
ostinato

37
Q

Tempo key words

A

allegretto
adagio
rubato
free time
accelerando
lento
rall
rit
andante
moderato
allegro

38
Q

Structure key words

A

Ground bass
Binary
Ternary
Verse - chorus
Song structure
Sonata form

39
Q

Technology key words

A

Flanger panning
filter sweep
reverb
multi- tracking
overdubbbling
wah wah
pedal
layering
loops
compression
overdrive
distortion
filter sweep
low pass filter
high cut frequency

40
Q

Instrumentation key words

A

synthesiser
arco
double stopping
pizzicato
vibrato
tremolo
falsetto
vocalisation
slurs

41
Q

Describe 3 features of the harmony that is a characteristic of Baroque music

A

functional
ground bass
Suspension
perfect cadence

42
Q

texture key word

A

parallel motion

43
Q

feature of texture for baraquo orchestral music

A

counterpoint/contrapuntal/polyphonic
imitation
inverted pedal
fugal
ripieno/concertin

44
Q

Accompaniment

A

write about instruments

45
Q

how is the recapitaltion different from the exposition

A

Second subject is in a different key
Recapitulation is not repeated

46
Q

musical features

A

Ostinato
 Cross rhythms
 Polyrhythm
 Layered texture
 Syncopation

Music GCSE 2023 (10 decks)

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