Melody, Chords, manuscript Flashcards
Melody is usually made of
Chord tones
anticipated melody
harmony is anticipated
approach tones
lead by step to chord tones
two types of approach tones
scale and chromatic
Chromatic approach tone
by half step
extended chords use which chord tones
9, 11, 13
beam direction determined by
first and last note and the most notes above or below
beam direction for groups beginning and ending on the same note
flat
slur: if notesheads go both ways the slur goes
above the notes
divided note musical abbreviation
stroke through stem equaly divides note ie a half note with a single slash is 4 8th notes (single slash 8ths double slash 16th)
tremolo notation
2 or three lines through stem or between stems
DC al fine
da capo repeat from beginning to the fine from the top
DS
repeat from the sign
Coda
bullseye
8va
octave up
con 8va
with an octave added
loco
play in the octave written
Acciaccatura
grace note time taken from preceding note small 8th note with a slash
Appoggiatura
a small 8th note time taken from note after it either 1/2 or 1/3 of the rythm
Double grace note
2 notes played before the beat
multiple grace notes
series of scale notes usually preceding the note
mordent
uses lower neighbor on the beat looks like a cross with a horizontal of z on the side
3 kinds of mordent
single, double, inverted(lower neighbor)
Gruppetto
turn looks like a backwards and sideways S upper neighbor, principal, lower, principal can be inverted( sideways S)
trill
small tr starts on principal to upper neighbor
inverted trill
starts on upper neighbor
Tenuto
line under note full value with a slight break between next note
Portato
line with a dot under (bottom half of division sign) mezzo staccato a little more than half duration
staccatissimo
upside down drop above note as short as possible
staccatto
half as long