Key Words

Question 0

Oratorio

Answer 0

A religious piece like an opera but not acted on stage

Question 1

SATB

Answer 1

The four voices used in a choir

Question 2

Imitation

Answer 2

Where one part copies another

Question 3

Plagal cadence

Answer 3

A section which ends with the chords 4 to 1 (subdominant to tonic)

Question 4

Basso continuo

Answer 4

The cello and organ in baroque times

Question 5

Hemiola

Answer 5

Giving the music a feel of having two beats rather than 3

Question 6

Sequence

Answer 6

Pattern moving up or down

Question 7

Ostinato

Answer 7

A constantly repeated pattern

Question 8

Symphony

Answer 8

A piece for an orchestra in 4 movements

Question 9

Rubato

Answer 9

Playing with the tempo of the piece. Might make one bar a little longer but the next shorter.

Question 10

Enharmonic Change

Answer 10

The same note with a different name.

Eg Ab to G#

Question 11

Atonal

Answer 11

No key

Question 12

Metamorphis

Answer 12

Slowly changing a motif so it eventually becomes something completely different.

Question 13

Syllabic

Answer 13

One melody note per syllable

Question 14

Tremolo

Answer 14

Very quick notes - gives a shaking effect

Question 15

Head

Answer 15

The melody and in All Blues is followed by a riff

Question 16

Telephone EQ

Answer 16

An effect

Changes the frequency of the sound

Question 17

Reverb

Answer 17

An effect

Amplifying a sound, making it sound like it was recorded in an echoey place.

Question 18

Falsetto

Answer 18

Notes higher than the normal male range

Question 19

Word Painting

Answer 19

When the word mirrors the musical effect being put on the music