N5 Revison Flashcards
Define Ab
Two-part form. Music in 2 sections . A then B. These sections may be repeated.
Accelerando
The tempo of the msic gradually becomes faster.
Adagio
Slow tempo
Alberti Bass
A type of broken chord piano accompaniment played by the left hand where the notes of the chord are played in the pattern of low, high, middle, high. Used in Classical music.
Atonal
Music with no sense of key.
Cluster
A group of notes nxt to each other sounding at the same time, creating a descord.
Concerto
A piece of music for solo instrument and orchestra.
Ostinato
A short musical phrase of pattern reapeated many times.
Penatonic
5 note scale.
Strophic
The structure of a song in which the same music is repeated for each verse.
Theme and Variation
The structure of a piece where a melody i heard then returns several times with changes being made to either the melody or the accompaniment.