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Question 1

what is a melisma?

Answer 1

more than 1 note per syllable

Question 2

What does syllabic mean?

Answer 2

1 note per syllable

Question 3

What is a modulation?

Answer 3

change of key

Question 4

What is an inversion chord?

Answer 4

the chord not in root position

Question 5

what is a phrase?

Answer 5

the end of a phrase is where a wind instrument player needs to breathe- normally 4 bars long

Question 6

What is an interval?

Answer 6

the distance between 2 notes?

Question 7

what is programme music?

Answer 7

music that tells a story or represents a person/place/object (leitmotif)

Question 8

what is an anacrusis?

Answer 8

an upbeat

Question 9

what does conjunct mean?

Answer 9

stepwise movement in a melodic line

Question 10

what is a leitmotif?

Answer 10

a musical idea associated with a person.place. object, feeling or idea

Question 11

what is a modulation?

Answer 11

is the change from one key to another

Question 12

what is middle 8?

Answer 12

8 bars in the middle of a song that provides contrast

Question 13

What is a fill?

Answer 13

a short musical idea that filled the ‘gap’ in the music at the end of each phrase

Question 14

What does rubato mean?

Answer 14

a flexible tempo marking which is open to interpretation

Question 15

what is reverb?

Answer 15

An effect that makes it sounds like you are in a much larger room

Question 16

what is a drone?

Answer 16

2 long held notes a 5th apart in the bass

Question 17

What does diatonic mean?

Answer 17

a diatonic harmony only contains notes found in the scale

Question 18

What is the pedal?

Answer 18

a harmonic device where the same note is sustained or repeated in the bass

Question 19

what is an ostinato?

Answer 19

a continuously repeated figure or phrase

Question 20

what is double stopping?

Answer 20

when a string instrument plays 2 notes at the same time

Question 21

what is a sequence?

Answer 21

the repetition of a melodic or harmonic phrase in the same part but at a higher or lower pitch

Question 22

what is homophonic texture?

Answer 22

a texture where many different parts move at the same time

Question 23

what does Scherzando mean?

Answer 23

to be played in a playful manner

Question 24

what does chromatic mean?

Answer 24

where notes are played that aren’t part of the scale

Question 25

What does diminution mean?

Answer 25

shortening the note- values of a melody

Question 26

what is augmentation?

Answer 26

the doubling of note values, the widening of an interval

Question 27

what is a lead sheet?

Answer 27

the manuscript of a song consisting of the melody, words and indication of the basic harmony written in simple form

Question 28

what is a power chord?

Answer 28

a combination of two tones consisting of a root and its fifth that is often used in rock music

Question 29

what is a vocoder?

Answer 29

a synthesiser that produces sounds from an analysis of speech input

Question 30

what is an A/E chord?

Answer 30

an A chord with an E in the bass

Question 31

what is verse chorus structure?

Answer 31

is a songwriting structure built around 2 repeating sections: the verse and the chorus

Question 32

what is falsetto?

Answer 32

a method of voice production used by male singer, especially tenor, to sing notes higher than their normal range

Question 33

what is vocalisation?

Answer 33

singing without words

Question 34

what is a melisma?

Question 35

what is a cadenza?

Answer 35

solo passage where the soloist plays and the orchestra pauses and remains silent

Question 36

what does Atonal mean?

Answer 36

not written in any key or mode

Question 37

what does virtuosic mean?

Answer 37

playing music with exceptional technical skill