Music Study Notes: Pitch

Question 1

Alberti Bass

Answer 1

An oscillating pattern based on notes of a chord

Question 2

Arpeggio

Answer 2

Notes of a chord played consecutively beyond the octave

Question 3

Atonal

Answer 3

No set key structure

Question 4

Augmented

Answer 4

Enlarged. Chord that has a note higher than would be in a major chord

Question 5

Broken Chord

Answer 5

Notes of a chord played consecutively within the octave

Question 6

Cadence

Answer 6

A musical ending: comma, colon, full stop

Question 7

Chromatic

Answer 7

Scale based on semitones

Question 8

Conjunct

Answer 8

Movement of a melody by steps

Question 9

Consonant Chords

Answer 9

Stable chords

Question 10

Diminished

Answer 10

Reduced. Chords that has note lower would be in a minor chord

Question 11

Disjunct

Answer 11

Leaps in a melody

Question 12

Dissonant Chords

Answer 12

Less stable chords

Question 13

Dominant

Answer 13

Note 5 of the scale

Question 14

Harmony

Answer 14

Combination of notes sounded together

Question 15

Melodic Contour

Answer 15

Shape of the melody

Question 16

Melody

Answer 16

Tune of the music

Question 17

Modes

Answer 17

Early form of scales based on notes with no sharps or flats

Question 18

Motive

Answer 18

Small rhythmic or melodic cell used to develop the music

Question 19

Pedal Point

Answer 19

Repeated or sustained note held over a few bars of music

Question 20

Pentatonic

Answer 20

Five-note scale

Question 21

Pitch

Answer 21

High, middle low sounds in music

Question 22

Range

Answer 22

Highest and lowest notes heard

Question 23

Register

Answer 23

Height where the music is played

Question 24

Riff

Answer 24

Small repeated phrase

Question 25

Sequence

Answer 25

Melodic phrase repeated higher or lower in pitch

Question 26

Subdominant

Answer 26

Note 4 of the scale

Question 27

Suspension

Answer 27

Note of a chord held over into a new chord

Question 28

Syncopation

Answer 28

Offbeat displacement of the natural accent in music

Question 29

Tonality

Answer 29

Key centre of the music

Question 30

Tonic

Answer 30

Note 1 of the scale

Question 31

Whole Note

Answer 31

Scales based on intervals of a tone