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1
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Aria

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Solo sung in an operatic style

May contain passages of melisma

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Bothy ballad

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Unaccompanied folk song with many verses
Sung by a solo male
From the North-East of Scotland
Tells a story of rural or farming life

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Celtic rock

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Mixes Celtic folk music and rock

Uses both traditional and popular instruments

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Chorus

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A group of singers or the music written for these singers

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Classical

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From approximately 1750-1810
Famous composers include Mozart, Beethoven and Haydn
Features larger orchestras than in the Baroque period

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Gaelic psalm

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Slow, unaccompanied Gaelic church tunes

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Gospel

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Development of the spirituals sung by slaves
Songs written with religious lyrics in a popular style
Performed by choirs/congregations
Accompanied by electric organ/piano and other popular instruments

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Indian

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Music from India

Uses instruments such as sitar and tabla

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Minimalist

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20th century style

Simple rhythmic and melodic figures are constantly repeated with slight changes

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Pibroch

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The classical music of the bagpipes

Usually a slow theme and variations

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Symphony

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Large work for orchestra

Usually in four movements

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Waulking song

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Gaelic work song
Sung when beating tweed
Sung in call and response

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Atonal

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No feeling of key

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Chromatic

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Notes that move by the interval of a semitone

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Cluster

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Chord made of consecutive notes which clash

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Contrary motion

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Two parts moving in opposite directions

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Countermelody

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A melody played against the main melody

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Descant

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A melody sung above the main melody

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Glissando

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Sliding from one note to another

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Grace note

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Ornament played as a quick, crushed note

Played before the main note of a melody

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Imperfect cadence

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When a phrase end on chord V

Sounds unfinished and tense

22
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Inverted pedal

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A note held or repeated in an upper part

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Melismatic

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Vocal music where several notes are sung to each syllable

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Modulation

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A change of key

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Perfect cadence

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Chords V to I at the end of a phrase

Sounds finished

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Pitch bend

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Changing the pitch of a note

E.g. by pushing a guitar string upwards

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Syllabic

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Vocal music where each note is given one syllable

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Trill

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Moving quickly and repeatedly between adjacent notes

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Whole tone scale

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Scale where every interval is a tone

Sounds vague

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Cross rhythms

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Contrasting rhythms played at the same time

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Moderato

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A medium speed

32
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Ritardando

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The tempo slows down

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Rubato

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Literally means ‘robbed time’

Tempo slightly speeds up and slows down to allow for expression

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Alberti bass

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Broken chord accompaniment in the bass
Often played on a keyboard instrument
Pattern is bottom, top, middle, top
Common in the classical period

35
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Binary

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The music is made up of two different sections labelled A and B
It can also be called AB form

36
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Coda

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A passage at the end of a piece which finished it off

37
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Episode

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A passage that links two important ideas

38
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Ground bass

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A theme in the bass that is repeated many times while the upper parts are varied

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Homophonic

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Melody with accompaniment or

All the parts move together rhythmically

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Polyphonic / Contrapuntal

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Two or more melody lines, possibly of equal importance, weaving independently of each other

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Rondo

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A form where the first section keeps returning in between different sections
Can also be called ABACA form

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Strophic

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Music in verse or verse/chorus form

Common in hymns and more popular styles

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Walking bass

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Moving bass line with notes usually of the same value

Often found in jazz styles

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A cappella

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Singing without accompaniment

45
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Arco

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Using the bow on a string instrument

46
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Baritone

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Male singer between a tenor and a bass

47
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Con sordino

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With a mute (specifically on a brass instrument)

Brass and string instruments can use mutes

48
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Flutter tonguing

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A technique used on brass or woodwind instruments where the player rolls an ‘r’

49
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Mezzo soprano

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Female singer between a soprano and an alto

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Pizzicato

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Plucking a string instrument

51
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Reverb

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An electronic effect

Can give the impression of different hall acoustics

52
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Rolls

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Very fast repetition of a note on a percussion instrument

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