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Question 1

Ostinato

Answer 1

A repeating pattern in the music

Question 2

Ascending sequence

Answer 2

Where the same melodic phrase is played but at a higher pitch

Question 3

Descending sequence

Answer 3

Where the same melodic phrase is played but at a lower pitch

Question 4

Conjunct

Answer 4

Melody that moves by step

Question 5

Disjunct

Answer 5

Melody that has wide leaps

Question 6

Arpeggio

Answer 6

Melody that uses the notes of a chord

Question 7

Broken chord

Answer 7

Alternation of the first, third and fifth degree of a scale

Question 8

Trill

Answer 8

Playing two adjacent notes rapidly

Question 9

Turn

Answer 9

Note above, Note, Note below, Note

Question 10

Mordent

Answer 10

Note, Note above, Note

Question 11

Acciaccatura

Answer 11

Type of grace note - small note with a line trhough it next to the bigger note

Question 12

Appoggiatura

Answer 12

Type of grace note - doesn’t have a line trhough it and sounsd like it is “leaning” on the main note as it takes some value away from the main note

Question 13

Leitmotif

Answer 13

Used in programme music - recurring musical theme that represents a person, place or mood

Question 14

Notes that a pentatonic scale uses

Answer 14

1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th and 6th of a major scale

Question 15

Notes of a blues scale

Answer 15

Same as a major scale but with flattened 3rds, 5ths and 7ths