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National 5 Flashcards

1
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A capella

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Unaccompanied singing

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2
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AB

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2 part form

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3
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Accidental

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Sign added to change the pitch of a note - # ♭

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4
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Alberti bass

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Broken chords played on the left hand

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5
Q

Arco

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Playing a stringed instrument with a bow

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6
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Aria

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Solo song sung in an operatic style

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7
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Atonal

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Music has no key

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8
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Baritone

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Male voice between bass and tenor

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9
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Bassoon

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Woodwind instrument with a double reed that is low pitched

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10
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Binary

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Music with two sections that may be repeated

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11
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Bodhran

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Small Irish drum played with a beater

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12
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Bongo drums

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Paired high pitch drums played with fingers/palms

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13
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Bothy ballad

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Folk song from north-east Scotland in dialect

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14
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Cadence

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End of a musical phrase

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15
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Castanets

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Spanish percussion instrument made of paired wooden shells

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16
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Celtic rock

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Mix of celtic and rock music

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17
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Chord progressions

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Chords built on the 1st, 4th, 5th 6th notes of a chord

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18
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Chorus

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Group of singers

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19
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Chromatic

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Notes move by semitones

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20
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Clarsach

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Small Scottish harp

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21
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Classical

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Music period from between 1750-1810

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22
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Cluster

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Group of clashing notes

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23
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Coda

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Passage of music at the end to round off the piece effectively

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24
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Compound time groupings

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Each beat is a dotted note dividing into 3

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25
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Con sordino

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Changing the sound of an instrument using a mute

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26
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Contrapuntal

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2 or more parts having melodic interest - similar to polyphonic

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27
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Contrary motion

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2 parts moving in opposite directions

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28
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Counter melody

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Melody played against the main melody

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29
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Cross rhythm

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2 notes played against 3

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30
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Descant

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Higher singing above the main melody

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31
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Dotted crotchet

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Note lasting 1 1/2 beats

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32
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Dotted quaver

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Note lasting 3/4 of a beat

33
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Episode

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Passage of music linking 2 musical themes

34
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Flutter tonguing

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Rolling ‘r’s while playing a brass/woodwind instrument

35
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Fortissimo

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Very loud volume marked by ‘ff’

36
Q

French horn

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Brass instrument with left-handed valves

37
Q

Gaelic psalms

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Unaccompanied psalms in Gaelic from west Scotland

38
Q

Glissando

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Sliding from one note to another taking in all the notes possible between

39
Q

Gospel

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Church singing that sounds upbeat

40
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Grace notes

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Crushed note ornament written smaller that other notes

41
Q

Ground bass

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Repeated bass theme

42
Q

Hi-hat cymbals

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Percussion drum kit instrument of paired cymbals with a foot pedal

43
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Homophonic

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All parts play the same melody at the same time

44
Q

Imperfect cadence

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2 chords at the end of a piece of music that sounds unfinished

45
Q

Indian music

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Music from India featuring sitar/tabla

46
Q

Inverted pedal

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High continuous note

47
Q

Melismatic

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Many notes sung to one syllable

48
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Mezzo soprano

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Female voice between soprano and alto

49
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Minimalist

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Simple rhythmic/melodic repetitive features with slight variation changes

50
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Moderato

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Medium speed/tempo

51
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Modulation

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Change of key

52
Q

Oboe

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Double reed woodwinf instrument with a ‘nasal’ sound

53
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Perfect cadence

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Sounds finished at the end of a piece

54
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Pianissimo

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Very quiet volume marked by ‘pp’

55
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Pibroch

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Bagpipe melody for a soloist

56
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Piccolo

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Smallest and highest woodwind instrument that looks similar to a flute

57
Q

Pitch bend

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Changing the pitch of a note

58
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Pizzicato

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Play by plucking the strings

59
Q

Polyphonic

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2 or more independant melodic lines

60
Q

Reverb

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Electric effect to change the sound of an instrument

61
Q

Ritardando

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Music slows down

62
Q

Roll

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Fast repetition of a note on a percussion instrument

63
Q

Rondo

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‘A’ section repeats between musical sections

64
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Rubato

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Music speeds up and slows down freely for expression

65
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Semitone

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1/2 a tone

66
Q

Sforzando

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Forced sudden accented notes/chords

67
Q

Sitar

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Indian guitar

68
Q

Strophic

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Same music is repeated for the verse and chorus

69
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Syllabic

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Each syllable has one note

70
Q

Symphony

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Music for a full orchestra

71
Q

Tabla

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Indian drum

72
Q

Tone

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Distance between 2 notes, equivalent to 2 semitones

73
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Trill

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Fast repetition of two notes

74
Q

Tuba

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Brass instrument which is the largest and lowest

75
Q

Viola

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String instrument slightly lower and larger than a violin

76
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Walking bass

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Bass line goes up and down a pattern of notes

77
Q

Waulking song

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Scottish Gaelic song sung by women as the waulked wool in a question and answer style

78
Q

Whole tone scale

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Scale using only whole tones

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