Romantic Flashcards
Diminution
Rhythmic feature, decrease in length of a themes notes
Augmentation
Rhythmic feature, where a theme or motif is presented in longer note-values than were previously used
Rhythmic feature
3 against 2
A type of cross rhythm in which 3 beats are against 2
Lied
A TYPE OF SONG
German text
Voice and piano] of = importance
Impressionist
A STYLE of modern music that uses notes of the whole tone and sometimes chromatic scale.
Cross rhythms can be heard and tempo and tonality can sound blurred
Musique concrete
A STYLE where natural sounds are recorded
Soul music
A STYLE combining gospel, blues and country (1960s) with heartfelt emotion and passion
Jazz funk
A STYLE of jazzy music with a strong rhythmic groove and featuring electronic instruments
Rhythmic feature
Irregular meters/time signature
The time signature doesn’t naturally fall into equal groupings for example, 5/4 7/4
Rhythmic feature
Time changes
When the time signature changes (20th century)
Tambre
Harmonics
(20th century) high sounding notes, can sound eerie on bowed instruments but like a bell on the guitar/harp