Key points Flashcards
Harmonic devices
major/ minor
Diatonic/ chromatic
Consonant or dissonant
key change/ modulation
cadences
Diminished sevenths
drone note
pedal note
inverted pedal
imitation
Describe the…. (exam technique)
Starts with….
does this….
End this….
Describe 3 musical features (6 marks)
Device…. than effect
Cadences
perfect, imperfect, interrupted……
Baroque features
….
Harpsichord features
no sustain pedal
no dynamics
Contrapuntal
(means polyphonic) used for the Baroque period pieces
Guitar
NEVER just write guitar
e.g. Electric guitar
instead
Baroque period
17th century
ground bass
light touch
tune played in both hands
ornaments
no pedal
Classical period
lots of scales and arpeggios
melody in one hand and accompaniment
alberti bass
Romantic period
Rubato
Sustained pedal
rich harmonies
chromatic notes
20th century
jazzy
- syncopated
swung rhythms
blues notes
Non jazzy
- dissonance
no sense of key
repetitive clashing chords
Perfect cadence
5 - 1
interrupted cadence
5-6
Imperfect Cadence
1-5
or
4-5
Tonality
Major - happy
Minor - sad
Modal - doesn’t quite fit major or minor
Atonal - no obvious key
Plagal Cadence
sounds finished but uses a more subtle approach 4-1
Cadences tips
guess perfect