Music 1 Quiz 2 Vocab

Question 1

pizzicato

Answer 1

plucking the strings

Question 2

accent

Answer 2

to emphasise a note

Question 3

polyrhythm

Answer 3

many different rhythms played together

Question 4

modulation

Answer 4

change of tonality or key

Question 5

cadence

Answer 5

punctuation point in music eg perfect, imperfect etc

Question 6

polyphonic

Answer 6

2 or more independent melodies played simultaneously

Question 7

chord progression

Answer 7

order/pattern of chords in a piece of music

Question 8

12 bar blues

Answer 8

A blues chord progression using I I I I; IV IV; II: IV V I

Question 9

homophonic

Answer 9

one layer of melody with chordal accompaniment

Question 10

pedal point

Answer 10

a sustained low note, drone, with changing harmonies above

Question 11

riff

Answer 11

a repeated musical pattern (Used in Rock and Jazz)

Question 12

monophonic

Answer 12

one layer of unaccompanied melody

Question 13

legato

Answer 13

smoothly, connected

Question 14

staccato

Answer 14

short and detached

Question 15

angular

Answer 15

leapwise melody

Question 16

diminution

Answer 16

becoming smaller in duration or interval

Question 17

augmentation

Answer 17

becoming larger in duration or interval

Question 18

lyrical

Answer 18

singable, in a singing style

Question 19

consonant

Answer 19

tonal/diatonic/chordal harmony sounds nice

Question 20

dissonant

Answer 20

dischordant harmony/atonal/ sounds clashing

Question 21

unison

Answer 21

playing/ singing the same part

Question 22

glissando

Answer 22

sliding between notes

Question 23

interval

Answer 23

the distance between notes

Question 24

contour

Answer 24

the shape of the melody eg stepwise/leapwise/triadic

Question 25

range

Answer 25

distance between the highest and lowest note of the melody

Question 26

tonality

Answer 26

the arrangement of chords/harmony to create a sense of key eg: major/minor etc