Music Flashcards
Legato
The notes are played smoothly
Leitmotif
A melody representing a character, place, or emotio
Ostinato
A repeating musical pattern
Sequence
A melody that is repeated, but starting on a different note
Duration
The length of a note or rest
Syncopation
A rhythm which emphasises off-beat notes
Monophonic
Texture in which there is a single musical line
Polyphonic
Texture in which there are two or more musical lines
Ta =
1 beat, crouchet
Tay-tay =
1/2 beat, Quaver
Tirami
1/3 beat, triplet
Tiki - tiki
1/4 of beat, semiquaver
String instruments
the violin, which is the smallest, viola, cello, and the biggest, the double bass, sometimes called the contrabass.
Woodwind instruments
piccolo, flute, oboe, English horn, clarinet, E-flat clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon and contrabassoon.
Brass instruments
trumpets, trombones, French horns, euphoniums, and tubas