Musical Techniques / Terms Flashcards
Performance practice
How much was performed in the composer’s own day
“authentic” / historical performance
aural codes / semiotics / aural topics
consort
Group of related instruments, mainly in England
High Baroque Style
concertato principle
contrasting different sounds or instruments in the orchestra
tonal form
V-I the most important Form dictates tonality
circle of fifths
basso continuo
clarino
high range of instrument when notes can make a scale
“horn fifths”
the thing with the notes that sound like hunting horns - not necessarily fifths
Fortspinnung
constant spinning out of a melody, not antecedent-consequent phrases
F.O.P.
far out point, the furthest away from the tonal center a piece gets
Galant
early part of the classical period, happy, cheerful and clear music. transition away from the baroque
antecedent-consequent
PTSK
primary theme, transition, secondary theme, closing theme in the Expo of a sonata
Mannheim effects
Stamitz
the sign, the crescendo, the birds, rocket, grand pause
“double return”
return to the primary material and the tonic key at the same time
“Turkish” music
Janissary music, drums, triangle, cymbals and piccolo
High Classic style
Mozart, everything is in balance, Galant, Sturm und Drang and Empfindsamkeit (sentimental music) all together
retransition
natural horn
instrumentation vs. orchestration
harmonic / overtone series
obbligato
modal mixture
thematisch Arbeit
thematic work, using little material as possible to build your musical piece
“Heroic” style
thematic compression / integration
cyclicism
chromatic mediant
common-tone progression
bVI
GR+6
chain of major thirds
chain of minor thirds
reminiscence theme
program vs. absolute music
