Melody/Harmony

Question 1

what does atonal mean

Answer 1

• no feeling of key

• used in horror movies

• sounds like zelda

Question 2

what is the chord progression

Answer 2

• I ,IV ,V ,VI

Question 3

what does chromatic mean

Answer 3

• notes which move by the interval of a semitone

Question 4

what is a cluster

Answer 4

• a note made of consecutive notes which clash

• used in horror movies

Question 5

what’s contrary motion

Answer 5

• two parts which move in opposite directions

Question 6

what is counter melody

Answer 6

• a melody played against the main melody

• sounds like call and respond

Question 7

what is a descant (voice)

Answer 7

• a melody which is sung above the main melody

• a voice that stands out

Question 8

what does glissando mean

Answer 8

• sliding from one note to another

Question 9

what is a grace note

Answer 9

• A type of ornament played as a quick, crushed note before the main note of a melody

Question 10

what’s an imperfect cadence

Answer 10

• a piece that sounds unfinished

• doesn’t end on home chord (chord I)

Question 11

what is an inverted pedal

Answer 11

• a note held or repeated in an upper part

Question 12

what does melismatic mean

Answer 12

• vocal music where several noted are sung to each syllable

• opposite of sylabic

Question 13

what is a modulation

Answer 13

• a change of key

• heard in love on top by Beyonce

Question 14

what is a perfect cadence

Answer 14

chord VI at the end, it sounds finished

Question 15

what is a pitch bend

Answer 15

• changing the pitch of a note, for example, pushing a guitar string upwards

Question 16

what is a semitone

Answer 16

• the smallest step between two notes, usually white to black note (and vice versa)

• unless it’s B to C and E to F, that’s a semitone but there’s no black note inbetween

Question 17

what does syllabic mean

Answer 17

• vocal music where each note is given to one syllabe

○ opposite of melismatic

Question 18

what is a tone

Answer 18

• two semitones

• a note 2 notes apart, can be white to white note, or black to black note

Question 19

what is a trill

Answer 19

• an ornament

• moving quickly anf repeatedly between adjacent notes

Question 20

what is a whole tone scale

Answer 20

• a scale where every interval is a tone. it sounds vague