Revision Flashcards
Soprano
https://mymusiconline.co.uk/soprano
The highest female voice.
Alto
https://mymusiconline.co.uk/alto
The lowest female voice.
Tenor
https://mymusiconline.co.uk/tenor
The highest male voice.
Bass
https://mymusiconline.co.uk/bass
The lowest male voice.
Imitation
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The melody is immediately copied in another part.
Accompanied
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Other instrument(s) or voice(s) supports the main melody.
Unaccompanied
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No other instrument(s) are playing.
Scat Singing
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Nonsense words and sounds are made up by the singer. Used mainly in jazz
Round
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Each part has the same melody entering one after the other.
Cadenza
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A showy passage for soloist alone in a concerto.
Verse and Chorus
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A form popular in many songs. The music of the verse will repeat, often
Theme and Variation
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The melody (theme) is heard then returns several times with variations.
Unison
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Two players or singers sounding the same notes at the same time.
Harmony
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Two parts sounding different notes.
Africa
https://mymusiconline.co.uk/african-music
Much African music features voices and/or African drums.
Jazz
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At first this was music created by black Americans in the early 20th cen
Rock
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A style of popular music with a heavy, driving beat. Usually features el
Rapping
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Rhyming lyrics that are spoken and performed in time to a beat. Rapping
Opera
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A drama set to music with soloists, chorus, orchestra and acting.
Musical
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A musical play which has speaking, singing and dancing and is performed
Reggae
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This style was developed in the 1960s in Jamaica. It has strong accents
Ragtime
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Ragtime features a syncopated melody against a steady vamped accompanime
Blues
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Blues started as Black American folk music, developing from spirituals a
Swing
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A jazz style which started in the 1930s, performed by a big band.
Ornment
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Decorating a melody by adding short notes.
Pentatonic
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A five note scale e.g. the black notes on a keyboard.
Minimalist
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A 20th century style where simple rhythmic and melodic figures are const
Baroque
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Music written between approximately 1600 – 1750.
Concerto
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A work for solo instrument and orchestra.
Symphony
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A large work for orchestra usually in four movements.
Allegro
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A fast tempo.
Andante
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At a walking speed.
Adagio
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A slow tempo.
Vamp
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A rhythmic accompaniment with a bass note on the beat and a chord off th
