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A Level Music (Edexcel) > Key Terms + Dates > Flashcards

Key Terms + Dates Flashcards

1
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Chromatic

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Semitonal Movement

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Counter Melody

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Secondary melody heard alongside the main one

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3
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Idee Fixe

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Recurring Theme

Structural foundation of a piece

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Motif

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  • Short, Distinctive melody/rhythm
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5
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Ornamentation

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Notes decorating a melody

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Sequence

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A melody immediately repeated at a different pitch

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7
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Subject

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short main theme of the fugue

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8
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Development Section

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Central section of Sonata Form

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9
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Exposition

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First Section of sonata form

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10
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Programme Music

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  • Music evoking images/conveying an impression of events
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11
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Recapitulation

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Final Section of Sonata Form

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12
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Sonata Form

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A common structure in classical era and later

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13
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Con Sordino

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Played w/a mute

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14
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Divisi

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Notes divided between musicians

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15
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Dolce

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Played Sweetly

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16
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Double Stop

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  • 2 Notes on a stringed instrument at once
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17
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Portato

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Mezzo Staccato

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18
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Punt d’arco

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Played w/the tip of the bow

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19
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Tremolo

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Rapid Repetitions of one/alternating pitches

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20
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Amateur

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Someone who participates in activity as a hobby

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21
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Chamber Music

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Music played by a small ensemble

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22
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Movement (In Sonata)

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Independent section in a longer piece of music

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23
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Piano Trio

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Trio for Piano, and usually violin + cello

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24
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Romantic Period

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  • movement in the 1800s known for dev. of instruments + expressiveness
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25
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Broken Chord

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Chord played as separate notes

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26
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Contrapuntal

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  • parts playing against each other and interweving
27
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Dialogue

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Motifs exchanged between parts w/o overlapping

28
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Melody-Dominated Homophony

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Melody + Accompaniment

29
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Imitation

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  • Identical melodies played notes apart
30
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Polyphony

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Two or more different lines playing simultaneously

31
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Anacrusis

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emphasising the strong beat of a phrase

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Cross Rhythms

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Two conflicting rhythms heard together

33
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Dotted Rhythm

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Swung rhythm w/ 1st note longer than 2nd

34
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Moto perpetuo

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Constant Rhythmic Movement

35
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Rhythmic Displacement/Syncopation

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Emphasising usually unaccented beats

36
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Cluster Chord

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Dissonant Chord w/ adjacent notes

37
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Diminished 7ths

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4-Note Chord w/ Maj. 3rd intervals

38
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Dissonance

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Unpleasant sounds played together

39
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Enharmonic Equivalent

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2 notes/scales written differently but sound the same

40
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Extension Chord

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Chords w/ added notes

41
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Non-Functional

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Music that doesn’t use cadences traditionally

42
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Parallel Chords

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Chords with notes moving in the same direction

43
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Modulation

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Change of Key

44
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Half - Diminished 7th

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Chord with
Minor 3rd
Diminished 5th
Minor 7th

45
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Augumentation

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Proportional increase in the note lengths of a melody

46
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Eclectic

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A style using a broad range of sources

47
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Pandiatonicism

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Harmonies built freely from any note of the scale

48
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Drone

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Pedal note in folk music, consisting of tonic and dominant

49
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Static Harmony

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harmony that stays on a single chord for a long time

50
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Lombardic Rhythm

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Dotted rhythm where 2nd beat is longer

51
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Substitute Dominants

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Chord acting as a dominant

52
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Backbeat

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Beats 2 and 4 stressed in a bar

53
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Hounds of Love

54
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Back In the Day

55
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Breathing Underwater

56
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Psycho

57
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Revolver

58
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Batman Returns

59
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Symphonie Fantastique

60
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Estampes

61
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Piano Trio in Gm

62
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Rite of Spring

63
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Cantata Ein Feste Burg

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  • Between 1723-31
64
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A Level Music (Edexcel) (7 decks)

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