Random Key Points Flashcards
What is a tessitura?
The range of notes in a vocal piece
What is a cadenza?
A passage for soloist within a concerto (usually very difficult)
What does virtuosic mean?
A technically demanding piece
What does idiomatic mean?
Music written well for an instrument
What chords make up an interrupted cadence?
V - VI
What chords make up an plagal cadence?
IV - I
What is rubato?
‘Robbed time‘ - flexible timing - (usually in Romantic piano music)
What plays the basso continuo (in Baroque period)?
Keyboard instrument + other bass instrument
Sometimes bassoon - woodwind
What 3 things could you use to describe a typical harmony?
- mainly diatonic
- occasional chromaticism
- ends with chords V - I (perfect cadence)
What two percussion instruments play the melody in jazz?
- piano
- vibraphone
If a trumpet or french horn is heard in a piece of Baroque music, what instrument always accompanies?
Timpani
How many instruments play in a trio sonata?
4 (2 instruments for basso continuo)
What is chest voice?
Lower range in singing
What is head voice?
Upper range in singing
What does recitative mean?
Cross between singing and talking
What does sforzando (sfz/fz) mean?
Forced
What is the Alberti bass?
Broken chords (classical period)
What is the name for a D/F# chord?
Inversion chord (slash chord)
What genre are muted trumpets often used in?
Jazz
What is the subdominant?
The 4th note of the scale
What is a sonata?
Work for solo + piano (or solo piano)
What command word does imitation come under?
Texture
What instrument techniques are often used in jazz?
Trumpet - muted
Piano - tremelo
Double bass - pizz
Drum kit - brushes
