Melody Flashcards
What is an interval?
The distance between two notes
What is conjunct movement?
When notes in a melody move sptepwise
What is disjunct movement?
When notes notes in a melody leap around
What is chromatic movement?
When the notes in a melody move up or down by semi-tones
What is an arpeggio?
When the 1st , 3rd and 5th notes are played in that order
What is a broken chord?
When the 1st , 3rd, 5th notes are played in that order then it goes down by to the one below and goes up again
What is alberti bass?
When the 1st, 5th, 3rd and 5th notes are played in that order
What is a scale?
A set of notes ordered in order of pitch
What is the D major scale up and down?
D, E, F#, G, A, B, C#, D, C#, B, A, G, F#, E, D
What is the D minor scale up and down?
D, E, F, G, A, Bb, C, D, C, Bb, A, G, F, E, D
What is the D minor harmonic scale up and down?
D, E, F, G, A, Bb, C#, D, C#, Bb, A, G, F, E, D
What is the D minor melodic scale up and down?
D, E, F, G, A, B, C#, D, C, Bb, A, G, F, E, D
What is a key signature?
A set of sharps and flats that are put into the piece at the start
What are the keys from 4 flats to 4 sharps?
Ab, Eb, Bb, F, C, G, D, A, E
What are the relative minors from 4 flats to sharps?
F, C, G, D ,A, E, B, F#, C#
What is a cadence?
Two notes at certain degrees of the scale that end a musical phrase
What are the 4 types of cadence and what notes are they?
Perfect - V - I
Plagal - IV - I
Imperfect - Anything - V
Interrupted - V - vi
What is imitation?
When one instrument plays a melody just after another instrument has played
What is a trill?
When two adjacent notes are played together really quickly
What is a sequence?
When a rhythm is played again but one note higher or lower than it was
