nat 5 - melody/harmony

Question 1

what is atonal?

Answer 1

no feeling of key

Question 2

what is chromatic?

Answer 2

notes which move by the interval of semitone

Question 3

what is a cluster?

Answer 3

a chord made of consecutive notes which clash

Question 4

what is contrary motion?

Answer 4

two parts which move in opposite directions

Question 5

what is countermelody?

Answer 5

a melody played against a main melody

Question 6

what is descant (voice)?

Answer 6

a melody which is sung above the main melody

Question 7

what is glissando?

Answer 7

sliding from one note to another

Question 8

what is a grace note?

Answer 8

a type if ornament played as a quick, crushed note before tge main note of a melody

Question 9

what is imperfect cadence?

Answer 9

the last chord at the end of a phrase is V. it sounds unfinished

Question 10

what is inverted pedal?

Answer 10

a note held, or repeated, in an upper part

Question 11

what is melismatic?

Answer 11

vocal music where several notes are sung to each syllable

Question 12

what is modulation?

Answer 12

a change of key

Question 13

what is pefect cadence?

Answer 13

chords V I at the end of a phrase. it sounds finished

Question 14

what is a pitch bend?

Answer 14

changing the pitch of a note, for example, by pushing a guitar string upwards

Question 15

what is semitone?

Answer 15

the smallest distance between two notes

Question 16

what is syllabic?

Answer 16

vocal music where each note is given one syllable

Question 17

what is tone?

Answer 17

two semitones

Question 18

what is a trill?

Answer 18

moving quickly and repeatedly between adjacent notes

Question 19

what is a whole tone scale?

Answer 19

a scale where every interval is a tone. it sounds vague