Key vocab: AoS 3: Texture and Melody

Question 1

broken chords

Answer 1

playing each note of the chord seperately

Question 2

imitative

Answer 2

where parts of the main theme or tune have been copied

Question 3

canonic

Answer 3

imitation where players enter with the same tune before the player has even finished. producing an overlapping effect

Question 4

antiphonal

Answer 4

Antiphonal music is music that is performed by two semi-independent groups in interaction, often singing alternate musical phrases.

Question 5

conjunct

Answer 5

melodic movement by step

Question 6

disjunct

Answer 6

melodic movement by leap

Question 7

passing notes

Answer 7

a melodic note placed between two harmonic notes resulting in stepwise movement

Question 8

acciaccaturas

Answer 8

aka a crushed note. played as fast as possible between two notes

Question 9

apoggiaturas

Answer 9

leans on the main note taking part of its value

Question 10

inversion

Answer 10

turning a melody upside down but keeping its intervals

Question 11

ornamentation

Answer 11

decorating the melody: using trills, turns, mordents, appogg/acciaca- tura

Question 12

riff

Answer 12

same as the ostinato but associated with more popular types of music

Question 13

pitch bend

Answer 13

technique associated with guitar, playing the player frets a string and pushes it sideways to raise the pitch.

Question 14

phrasing

Answer 14

dividing a melody into phrases or short units