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Musical Elements Flashcards

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Features of melody

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Glissando 
Pitch bend
Smear
Spill/fall-off
Rip
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Features of harmony

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Chord extensions (7th, 9th, 11th, 13th)
Other added notes (e.g. 2nd, 6th, sus4)
Substitutions (particularly tritone substitutions)
Common jazz harmony symbols
Turnarounds
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Features of texture

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Heterophonic
Riff
A cappella

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Features of tempo, metre and rhythm

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Swing and straight rhythms
Cross-rhythms
Push and drag rhythms (like syncopation)
Double time
Ametrical
Stop time
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Features of tonality

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Blue notes
Blues scale 
Pentatonic scales
Diminished scale
Modes (Ionian, Dorian, aeolian)
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Features of sonority (timbre)

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Growl
Harmon mute
Wah-wah mute
Ghosted notes
Slap bass
Rimshot
Standard big-band instruments
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Features of structure

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12-bar blues
Chord changes
Standard song form
Bridge/middle eight
Intro and outro
Head (melody)
Chorus
Fours
Break
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