Melody / Harmony

Question 1

Repetition

Answer 1

Repetition

Question 2

Sequence

Answer 2

Phrase repeated higher or lower than the original phrase

Question 3

Question and Answer

Answer 3

I saw a bird- I saw a bird

Question 4

Repetition

Answer 4

Repetition

Question 5

Drone

Answer 5

Bagpipes pedal

Question 6

Change of key

Answer 6

Modulation

Question 7

Pedal

Answer 7

Long low not held while the chords/melody above it change

Question 8

Pentatonic

Answer 8

A scale of 5 notes, often Scottish music

Question 9

Vamp

Answer 9

Oom cha oom cha

Question 10

Scat singing

Answer 10

Nonsense words in a jazz style

Question 11

Imperfect cadence

Answer 11

That last chord at the end of the phrase is V
Sounds unfinished

Question 12

Perfect cadence

Answer 12

V - 1 at the end of the phrase
Sounds finished

Question 13

Inverted pedal

Answer 13

A held note which the chords below it change

Question 14

Whole tone scale

Answer 14

Sounds like fairies
Dream like

Question 15

Contrary motion

Answer 15

Moving up and down the instrument at the same time

Question 16

Countermelody

Answer 16

Extra melody below the tune
Opposite of a descant

Question 17

Modulation

Answer 17

Change of key

Question 18

Glissando

Answer 18

Slide down an instrument

Question 19

Syllabic

Answer 19

One syllable counts for one note
La la la la la la

Question 20

Melismatic

Answer 20

One syllable counts for multiple notes, often an opera
Laaa aaa a a a

Question 21

Descant

Answer 21

An extra melody during a hymn

Question 22

Atonal

Answer 22

No key, unsettling, on edge

Question 23

Mode / modal

Answer 23

A little wrong, often Celtic music
eg. Greensleeves

Question 24

Relative major /minor

Answer 24

Major to minor down or up 3 notes

Question 25

Interval

Answer 25

Ignore the sharps and flats
Always numbers

Question 26

Obbligato

Answer 26

Have to have it, obliged, an extra melody that has to be there

Question 27

Acciaccatura

Answer 27

Type of grace note

Question 28

Mordent

Answer 28

Note, note below, note again
Ornament

Question 29

Plagal cadence

Answer 29

IV to I , less strong, gentle
Less bold, not as good

Question 30

Interrupted cadence

Answer 30

V to VI fishes in opposite tonality
Interrupted, taken by surprise

Question 31

Tierce de picardi

Answer 31

Minor tune finishing on a major chord

Question 32

Dominant 7th

Answer 32

Chord with the 7th note added and flattened

Question 33

Diminished triad

Answer 33

Chord and the top 2 notes flattened

Question 34

Added 6th

Answer 34

Chord with the 6th note added

Question 35

Harmonic minor scale

Answer 35

Sounds like Aladdin

Question 36

Melodic minor scale

Answer 36

Going up happy, going down sad

Question 37

Tonality

Answer 37

Major or minor
Major - happy
Minor - sad