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Soprano

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https://mymusiconline.co.uk/soprano

The highest female voice.

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Alto

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https://mymusiconline.co.uk/alto

The lowest female voice.

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Tenor

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https://mymusiconline.co.uk/tenor

The highest male voice.

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Bass

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https://mymusiconline.co.uk/bass

The lowest male voice.

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Imitation

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https://mymusiconline.co.uk/imitation

The melody is immediately copied in another part.

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Accompanied

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https://mymusiconline.co.uk/accompanied

Other instrument(s) or voice(s) supports the main melody.

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Unaccompanied

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https://mymusiconline.co.uk/unaccompanied

No other instrument(s) are playing.

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Scat Singing

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https://mymusiconline.co.uk/scat-singing

Nonsense words and sounds are made up by the singer. Used mainly in jazz

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Round

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https://mymusiconline.co.uk/round

Each part has the same melody entering one after the other.

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Cadenza

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https://mymusiconline.co.uk/cadenza

A showy passage for soloist alone in a concerto.

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Verse and Chorus

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https://mymusiconline.co.uk/verse-and-chorus

A form popular in many songs. The music of the verse will repeat, often

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Theme and Variation

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https://mymusiconline.co.uk/theme-and-variation

The melody (theme) is heard then returns several times with variations.

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Unison

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https://mymusiconline.co.uk/unison

Two players or singers sounding the same notes at the same time.

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Harmony

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https://mymusiconline.co.uk/harmony

Two parts sounding different notes.

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Africa

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https://mymusiconline.co.uk/african-music

Much African music features voices and/or African drums.

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Jazz

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https://mymusiconline.co.uk/jazz

At first this was music created by black Americans in the early 20th cen

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Rock

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https://mymusiconline.co.uk/rock

A style of popular music with a heavy, driving beat. Usually features el

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Rapping

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https://mymusiconline.co.uk/rapping

Rhyming lyrics that are spoken and performed in time to a beat. Rapping

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Opera

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https://mymusiconline.co.uk/opera

A drama set to music with soloists, chorus, orchestra and acting.

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Musical

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https://mymusiconline.co.uk/musical

A musical play which has speaking, singing and dancing and is performed

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Reggae

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https://mymusiconline.co.uk/reggae

This style was developed in the 1960s in Jamaica. It has strong accents

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Ragtime

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https://mymusiconline.co.uk/ragtime

Ragtime features a syncopated melody against a steady vamped accompanime

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Blues

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https://mymusiconline.co.uk/blues

Blues started as Black American folk music, developing from spirituals a

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Swing

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https://mymusiconline.co.uk/swing

A jazz style which started in the 1930s, performed by a big band.

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Ornment

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https://mymusiconline.co.uk/ornament

Decorating a melody by adding short notes.

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Pentatonic

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https://mymusiconline.co.uk/pentatonic

A five note scale e.g. the black notes on a keyboard.

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Minimalist

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https://mymusiconline.co.uk/minimalist

A 20th century style where simple rhythmic and melodic figures are const

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Baroque

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https://mymusiconline.co.uk/baroque

Music written between approximately 1600 – 1750.

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Concerto

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https://mymusiconline.co.uk/concerto

A work for solo instrument and orchestra.

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Symphony

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https://mymusiconline.co.uk/symphony

A large work for orchestra usually in four movements.

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Allegro

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https://mymusiconline.co.uk/allegro

A fast tempo.

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Andante

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https://mymusiconline.co.uk/andante

At a walking speed.

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Adagio

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https://mymusiconline.co.uk/adagio

A slow tempo.

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Vamp

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https://mymusiconline.co.uk/vamp

A rhythmic accompaniment with a bass note on the beat and a chord off th

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