Music 1 Quiz 4 Vocab Flashcards by K Ramsay

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articulation

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how performed eg slurs, staccato diction

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homophonic

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melody and chordal accompaniment

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timbre

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sound quality of voice or instrument

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double stopping

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playing 2 strings at the same time

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syllabic

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one note per syllable

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consonant

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nice sounding harmony

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sequence

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repeated idea at higher or lower pitch

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lyrical

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in a singing style

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disjunct

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leapwise

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glissando

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slide between notes

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canon

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a round melody played with staggered entries

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riff

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repeated motif (rock or Jazz)

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call and response

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solo answered by the group

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anacrusis

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upbeat, incomplete bar at the beginning

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interval

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distance between notes

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modulation

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change of tonality or key

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monophonic

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one melody without accompaniment

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chalumeau register (clarinet)

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low register

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scat singing

A

singing with nonsense syllables

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arpeggio

A

notes of the chord payed one after the other

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binary form

A

2 contrasting sections AB

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angular

A

leapwise

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heterophonic

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2 or more melodies and accompaniment

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antiphonal

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use of groups of performers stationed apart and answering each other

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counter melody

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2nd melody on top of first melody

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accompaniment

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layers of sound other than the melody

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dynamics

A

loud and soft

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strophic

A

same melody for each stanza of a song

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duration

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length of notes

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cadence

A

punctuation in music, at end of phrases

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semitone

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smallest interval in Western music, a half tone.

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semibreve

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note worth 4 crotchets

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sustained

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held

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octet

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group of 8 players

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octave

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interval of 8 notes

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narrow range

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small interval between highest and lowest note of a melody

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chromatic

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using semitones