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Diatonic

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Only uses notes in the scale or key

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Modulation

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Change of key

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Harmony

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Chords

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Tonality

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Key

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5
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Virtuosic

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Shows of skill / difficult to play

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Alberti

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All the chords are broken up in the chord line

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7
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Cadenza

A

Big solo section

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Dialogue

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When instruments ‘reply’ to each other

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Homophonic

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Accompanies the parts in the same rhythm

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Polyphonic

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Intertwining parts

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Ternary

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A song in the form ABA

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12
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Rondo

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Where section A returns throughout the movement

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13
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Dissonance

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When notes clash together

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14
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Rubato

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Relaxed tempo (pulls tempo around)

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15
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Tutti

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All instruments together

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Adagio

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Slow tempo

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Arpeggio

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Notes of a chord played in a descending or ascending scale

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Countermelodies

A

Countering or joining the main melody

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Dynamics

A

The volume

20
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Texture

A

The thickness of the piece of music

21
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Rhythm/duration

A

Types of beats, and note value and how they fix together

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Tempo

A

The speed of the music

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Timbre / Instruments / Resources

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The type of sound

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Pitch

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How high or low a note is

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Soprano

A

Highest vocal range of the female singing voice

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Alto

A

The lowest vocal range of the female singing voice

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Tenor

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Highest vocal range of the male singing voice

28
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Bass

A

Lowest vocal range of the male singing voice

29
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A Capella

A

Sung without instrumental accompaniment

30
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Falsetto

A

A male singing technique to make their voice higher than it is

31
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Portamento

A

A slide from one note to the other

32
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Riffing

A

Singing the riff

33
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Melisma

A

A group of notes sung to one syllable

34
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Syllabic

A

Each syllable to matched to a single note

35
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Monophonic

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Having a single melodic line without accompaniment

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Unison

A

Every part is playing at the same time

37
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Melismatic

A

Lots of notes per syllable

38
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Syllabic

A

Articulated in syllables

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