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

A

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

A

change of tonality or key

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monophonic

A

one melody without accompaniment

Q

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

A

2 or more melodies and accompaniment

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antiphonal

A

use of groups of performers stationed apart and answering each other

counter melody

2nd melody on top of first melody

accompaniment

layers of sound other than the melody

dynamics

loud and soft

strophic

same melody for each stanza of a song

duration

length of notes

cadence

punctuation in music, at end of phrases

semitone

smallest interval in Western music, a half tone.

semibreve

note worth 4 crotchets

sustained

held

octet

group of 8 players

octave

interval of 8 notes

narrow range

small interval between highest and lowest note of a melody

chromatic

using semitones