Music Study Notes: Pitch Flashcards
Alberti Bass
An oscillating pattern based on notes of a chord
Arpeggio
Notes of a chord played consecutively beyond the octave
Atonal
No set key structure
Augmented
Enlarged. Chord that has a note higher than would be in a major chord
Broken Chord
Notes of a chord played consecutively within the octave
Cadence
A musical ending: comma, colon, full stop
Chromatic
Scale based on semitones
Conjunct
Movement of a melody by steps
Consonant Chords
Stable chords
Diminished
Reduced. Chords that has note lower would be in a minor chord
Disjunct
Leaps in a melody
Dissonant Chords
Less stable chords
Dominant
Note 5 of the scale
Harmony
Combination of notes sounded together
Melodic Contour
Shape of the melody
Melody
Tune of the music
Modes
Early form of scales based on notes with no sharps or flats
Motive
Small rhythmic or melodic cell used to develop the music
Pedal Point
Repeated or sustained note held over a few bars of music
Pentatonic
Five-note scale
Pitch
High, middle low sounds in music
Range
Highest and lowest notes heard
Register
Height where the music is played
Riff
Small repeated phrase
Sequence
Melodic phrase repeated higher or lower in pitch
Subdominant
Note 4 of the scale
Suspension
Note of a chord held over into a new chord
Syncopation
Offbeat displacement of the natural accent in music
Tonality
Key centre of the music
Tonic
Note 1 of the scale
Whole Note
Scales based on intervals of a tone
