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1
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Which chord is the tonic chord?

A

Chord I

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2
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Which chord is the subdominant chord?

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Chord IV

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3
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Which chord is the dominant chord?

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Chord V

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4
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What is a triad?

A

3 note chord

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5
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What is an inversion?

A

The notes of a chord rearranged

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6
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What is the tempo of the music?

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The speed of the music

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7
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What is the metre?

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The time signature

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8
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What does lento mean?

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Slowly

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9
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What does largo mean?

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Slowly and stately

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10
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What does adagio mean?

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Leisurely

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11
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What does andante mean?

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At walking pace

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12
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What does moderato mean?

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Moderately

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13
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What does allegro mean?

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Fast

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14
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What does vivace mean?

A

Lively

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15
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What does presto mean?

A

Very quickly

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16
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What does syncopation mean?

A

Off beat rhythms

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17
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What does it mean if the note is dotted?

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To add 1 half of the original note length onto the note

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18
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What does simple time mean?

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When the pulse can be divided into 2 equal beats

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19
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What does compound time mean?

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When the pulse can be divided into 3 equal beats

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20
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How long is a semiquaver?

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1/4 beat

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21
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How long is a quaver?

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1/2 beat

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22
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How long is a crotchet?

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1 beat

23
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How long is a minim?

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2 beats

24
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How long is a semibreve?

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4 beats

25
Q

What does the top number of a time signature mean?

A

The number of beats in a bar

26
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What does the bottom number of a time signature mean?

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What note value the beats are

27
Q

What does the bassline of a piece of music often consist of?

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Low notes, root note of the chord (or lowest note if it’s an inversion), low instruments (such as electric bass, double bass, tuba, piano, timpani), repetitive riffs/ostinatos

28
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What is a riff?

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It usually stays on one note and is short and repeated

29
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What is an ostinato?

A

A repeated phrase or rhythm

30
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What is a melody?

A

The tune

31
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What is the harmony?

A

The chords

32
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What is the tonality?

A

The key

33
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What is a chromatic melody?

A

Notes that are outside the key

34
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What is a diatonic melody?

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Notes that are inside the key

35
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What is a conjunct melody?

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Notes that are next to each other (moving step by step)

36
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What is a disjunct melody?

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Doesn’t move by step - moves in leaps

37
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What is an ascending phrase?

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Melody that goes upwards (the pitch moves upwards)

38
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What is a descending phrase?

A

Melody that goes downwards (the pitch moves downwards)

39
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What is a triadic melody?

A

A melody that contains the notes of a chord or arpeggio

40
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What is binary form?

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A musical form with 2 related sections, both of which are usually repeated - AB

41
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What is ternary form?

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A 3 part musical form which consists of an initial idea (A) following a contrasting section (B) before a return to the first idea (A) - ABA

42
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What is rondo?

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A musical form that contains a principle theme (A) which alternates with one or more contrasting themes (B, C) - ABACA

43
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What is theme and variation?

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When you have a main theme which is then repeated but altered each time, usually to make it more complex

44
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What is a crescendo?

A

Getting louder

45
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What is a decrescendo/diminuendo?

A

Getting quieter

46
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What is texture?

A

Texture describes how layers of sound within a piece of music interact

47
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What is a monophonic texture?

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A texture consisting of a single musical line

48
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What is a polyphonic texture?

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2 or more melodies or parts that play at the same time, weaving in and out of each other

49
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What is a homophonic texture?

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A texture based on chords - a melody sat on top of moving chords (the chords move with the melody)

50
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What is melody and accompaniment?

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A melody and accompaniment texture is when you can clearly distinguish between the melody and accompaniment - this could be a pop song with a solo singer accompanied by a band or the first violins in an orchestra playing the melody while the rest accompany

51
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What is imitation?

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Where a melody in one part is repeated a few notes later in a different part, overlapping the melody in the first part which continues - for example, a flute may imitate a tune just played by the oboe (Exactly the same)

52
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What is call and response/antiphony?

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A compositional technique, often a succession of 2 distinct phrases that works like a conversation in music - 1 musician offers a phrase, and a second player answers with a direct commentary or response (Different)

53
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What is unison?

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All instruments playing the same thing at the same time

54
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What is a scalic melody?

A

A melody that contains the notes of a scale

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