Music 1 QUIZ 1 Vocab Flashcards by K Ramsay

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canon

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a round, imitating a part exactly, before the first part is finished.

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falsetto

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false voice, male singing in unusually high voice

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ascending

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going up

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descending

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going down

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wide range

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melody notes that compass more than one octave

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triadic

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using notes of the triad 1,3,5 etc

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contour

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shape and direction of the melody

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call and response

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solo answered by a group (rock, jazz term)

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countermelody

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two independent melodies played simultaneously

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blue notes

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flattened notes, by a semitone. Usually 3rd, 5th 7th

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glissando

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slide between notes

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melisma

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many notes for one syllable

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improvisation

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making it up as you go.

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imitation

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one part echoes another

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change of register

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change of octave, higher or lower

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chalumeau register (clarinet)

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low register

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atonal

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without a key or sense of tonality

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bends

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to slightly vary the pitch of a note

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modal

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music written in one of seven modes

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ostinato

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repeated pattern can be rhythmic or meodic

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pentatonic

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5 note scale (1,2,3,5,6 of major scale)

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trill

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rapid alternation of 2 notes (ornamentation)

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theme

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the main melodic idea

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inversion

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to turn upsidedown

pitch

high or low

timbre

the sound quality of a sound source

syncopation

accents that occur off the beat

sequence

repetition of a phrase at a higher or lower note.

binary

two sections A, B

syllabic

one note per syllable

tempo

the speed of a piece

scat singing

singing using nonsense syllables eg doo wop etc

chromatic

a scale of semitones