Musical Forms & Devices

Question 1

Repetition

Answer 1

Sounds, notes or sequences played repetitively

Question 2

Contrast

Answer 2

The difference between different instruments sounds or parts

Question 3

Anacrusis

Answer 3

Starting before the beat

Question 4

Imitation

Answer 4

Repetition of a melody with a different instrument/ musician/ timbres

Question 5

Sequence

Answer 5

The restatement if a motif or longer melodic passage at a higher or lower pitch in the same voice

Question 6

Ostinato

Answer 6

Repetition of a series of notes over and over

Question 7

Syncopation

Answer 7

Emphasis of an off beat

Question 8

Dotted rhythms

Answer 8

Dotted crotchet- one and half beats

Dotted quaver one and a half quaver

Question 9

Drone

Answer 9

A note or chord that is continuously sounded through most or all of a piece

Question 10

Pedal

Answer 10

Sustained tone

Question 11

Canon

Answer 11

Sing or play the same music starting at different times

Question 12

Conjunct movements

Answer 12

Difference in pitch between two consecutive notes of a musical scale

Question 13

Disjunct motion

Answer 13

Larger interval between a pitch

Question 14

Ornamentations

Answer 14

Embellishments of notes, musical flourishes to carry overall line of harmony

Question 15

Broken chords

Answer 15

Chords notes out of sequence or more than one note but less than the full chord simultaneously

Question 16

Arpeggios

Answer 16

Rise or fall for more than one octave

Question 17

Alberti bass

Answer 17

Particular kind of accompaniment figure in music often used in the classical era.

Question 18

Cadence

Answer 18

Melodic or harmonic configuration that creates a sense of resolution