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1
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Indian Flute

A

Bansuri

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2
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When the Tabla joins in but is an instrumental?

A

Gat, and is in Indian classical music

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3
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Similar to sitar but plays drone

A

Tanpura

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4
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word for Rhythm in indian classical music

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Tala

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5
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Drums that have two pitches in Indian classical music

A

Tabla

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6
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Type of instrument that plays melody in Indian Classical music

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Sitar

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7
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Means either the scale or type of music in seasons or days or celebrations

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Raga

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8
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word for less than a semitone and can sound out of tune

A

Microtone

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9
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A slow introduction section, no drums, no time signature or pulse

A

Alap

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10
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Word for describing sound colour

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Timbre

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11
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1,4,5

A

Primary chords

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12
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off the beat

A

syncopation

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13
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one person plays or sings something and the rest of the group responds back

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Call and response

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14
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drums made out of steel

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Steel Pans, calypso instrument

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15
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an instrument in calypso that has beads around the outside

A

Cabasa

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16
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instrument in calypso that is a scraper

A

guiro

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17
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when you tremble a note several times

A

tremolo

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18
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Word for Modern Calypso music

A

Soca

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19
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Percussion section (untuned) in calypso music

A

Engine room

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20
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Moving up step by step (melody)

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Stepwise

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21
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Based on a scale (melody)

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scalic

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22
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Melody has a gap in it (doesn’t move stepwise)

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Leap

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23
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2 semitones

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A tone

24
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shortest distance between 2 notes

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Semitone

25
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Usually happy and bright sounding

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Major

26
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Usually sad and darker sound

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Minor

27
Q

Moves by semitones, every note is played and has clashy chords

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Chromatic

28
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Repeat exactly same thing in same way

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Repetition

29
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Moves up or down

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Sequence

30
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one part copies another part

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Imitation

31
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Short repeated pattern

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Ostinato

32
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Very loud

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Fortissimo, ff

33
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loud

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forte, f

34
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Moderately loud

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Mezzo forte, mf

35
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medium quiet

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mezzo piano, mp

36
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pianissimo

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very quiet, pp

37
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getting louder

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crescendo

38
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gradually getting quieter

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diminuendo

39
Q

emphasises a note

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accent

40
Q

very loud accent

A

sforzando

41
Q

what is articulation?

A

how specific notes or passages are played or sung

42
Q

the word for when two or more independent melodic lines performed at the same time

A

Contrapuntal, contrapuntaly

43
Q

A musical texture where two or more parts move independently of each
other

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Polyphonic

44
Q

Two or more people performing the same note or melody

A

unison

45
Q

Process of changing from one key to another

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modulation

46
Q

When two different rhythms are heard together with different accented
beats (different time signatures together)

A

cross rhythm

47
Q

Two different rhythms heard played simultaneously

A

polyrhythm

48
Q

The first note of the scale used by the piece of music, known as the home key
of the piece of music.

A

tonic

49
Q

The fifth note of the scale or the key based on the fifth note of the tonic key
eg if the original key is C major, the dominant is G major.

A

Dominant

50
Q

A group of notes sung to the same syllable

A

Melisma

51
Q

A musical structure with three sections with similar outer sections and a
contrasting central one (A B A).

A

Ternary

52
Q

Male vocal in highest register

A

Falsetto

53
Q

An instruction to play the notes crisply, detached, which is shown in the music
by placing dots above or below the notes being played.

A

staccato

54
Q

What is cadence?

A

A chord progression that forms an ending of a phrase or section or piece of music

55
Q

What is the word for an unaccompanied showpiece for the soloist in a concerto

A

A Cadenza

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