Melody/harmony Flashcards
Atonal
No feeling of key.
Chromatic
Notes which move by the interval of a semitone.
Cluster
A chord made of consecutive notes which clash.
Contrary motion
Two parts which move in opposite directions.
Countermelody
A melody played against the main melody.
Descant (voice)
A melody which is sung above the main melody usually high pitched.
Glissando
Sliding from one note to another.
Grace note
A type of ornament played as a quick, crushed note before the main note of a melody
Imperfect cadence
The last chord at the end of a phrase is V.
It sounds unfinished.
Inverted pedal
A note held, or repeated, in an upper part.
Melismatic
Vocal music where several notes are sung to each syllable.
Modulation
A change of key.
Perfect cadence
Chords V I at the end of a phrase.
It sounds finished.
Pitch bend
Changing the pitch of a note, for example, by pushing a guitar string upwards.
Semitone
The smallest distance between two notes.
Syllabic
Vocal music where each note is given one syllable.
Tone
Two semitones.
Trill
Moving quickly and repeatedly between adjacent notes.
Whole tone scale
A scale where every interval is a tone. It sounds dreamy or mysterious.
