Music Features

Question 1

DR P SMITH

Answer 1

Dynamics
Rhythm

Pitch

Structure
Melody
Instruments
Tempo/tonality/texture
Harmony

Question 2

Dynamics

Answer 2

-forte/piano
-any changes (gradual crescendo/diminuendo or sudden)
-accents

Question 3

Rhythm+metre

Answer 3

-time signatures (simple/compound)
-note values (long/short)
-dotted notes
-syncopation
-triplets
-ostinato

Question 4

Pitch

Answer 4

-high/low
-range of notes

Question 5

Structure

Answer 5

-binary (AB)
-ternary (ABA)
-rondo(ABACA)
-strophic
-theme and variation
-introduction
-verse/chorus

Question 6

Melody

Answer 6

-contour (ascending/descending)
-conjunct - scaled (major/minor/chromatic)
-disjunct (broken chord?)
-repeated notes
-balanced phrases
-significant intervals (octave, 5ths, 4ths)
-legato/staccato
-syllabic/melismatic
-sequence
-repetition
-ornamentation

Question 7

Instrumentation

Answer 7

-who is playing/singing
-technical devices
-role of each instrument

Question 8

Tempo

Answer 8

-allegro/adagio
-rallentando/accelerando/sudden change
-rubato (pulling rhythm around)
-pauses

Question 9

Tonality

Answer 9

-major/minor
-modulation

Question 10

Texture

Answer 10

-monophonic
-octaves
-homophonic/melody + accompaniment
-polyphonic
-antiphonal
-counter-melody

Question 11

Harmony

Answer 11

-dissonant
-diatonic
-major/minor/diminished/augmented
-chromatic harmony — diminished 7ths
-pedal notes

Question 12

Theme and variation

Answer 12

Theme is presented which is then followed by a number of sections which transform and develop the theme in different ways

Question 13

Strophic

Answer 13

AAA

Question 14

Repetition

Answer 14

The exact repeat of a musical idea

Question 15

Contrast

Answer 15

A change in musical content

Question 16

Anacrusis (upbeat)

Answer 16

A note before the first strong beat

Question 17

Imitation

Answer 17

When a musical idea is copied in another part

Question 18

Sequence

Answer 18

The repetition of a motif in the same part but at a different pitch

Question 19

Ostinato

Answer 19

A musical pattern repeated many times, also known as a riff in

Question 20

Syncopation

Answer 20

‘Off beat’

Question 21

Dotted rhythm

Answer 21

A dot placed after a note increases its value by half

Question 22

Drone

Answer 22

Repeated note or notes held throughout a passage of music

Question 23

Pedal note

Answer 23

Held note/repeated note against which changing melodies are heard

Question 24

Canon

Answer 24

Melody is repeated exactly in another part while the initial melody is still being played

Question 25

Conjunct movement

Answer 25

When melody moves mainly by step

Question 26

Disjunct movement

Answer 26

When the melody leaps from one notes to another

Question 27

Broken chord

Answer 27

A chord played as separate notes. When the notes of a chord are played in succession either up or down

Question 28

Alberti bass

Answer 28

A type of broken chord accompaniment

Question 29

Regular/balanced phrasing

Answer 29

The balanced parts of a melody exactly like phrases in a sentence

Question 30

Motifs

Answer 30

A short melodic or rhythmic idea that has a distinctive character

Question 31

Modulation

Answer 31

The process of changing key

Question 32

Chord progressions

Answer 32

A series of chords related to each other in a particular key