star wars key terms

Question 1

diegetic music

Answer 1

music contained within the action of the film, e.g. music played in a bar

Question 2

non-diegetic music

Answer 2

background music, underscore, underscoring adding to the mood of the scene, reinforcing development and aspects of character and action

Question 3

cue

Answer 3

a section of music in a film. here it refers to the whole track

Question 4

fanfare

Answer 4

celebratory piece for brass instruments (and sometimes percussion), often marking the opening of an important event or ceremony. short, loud arpeggios and broken chords

Question 5

quartal harmony

Answer 5

a chord built on superimposed 4ths

Question 6

tremolo strings

Answer 6

rapid playing on the same note to produce a wavering sound/effect

Question 7

tonic pedal

Answer 7

the tonic note is sustained or repeated

Question 8

inverted pedal

Answer 8

when the pedal is at the top of the texture

Question 9

added 6th

Answer 9

common chord in jazz music

Question 10

glissando

Answer 10

a fast scale

Question 11

ostinato

Answer 11

a phrase or motif repeated over several bars or more

Question 12

compound interval

Answer 12

one extending over more than an octave

Question 13

neapolitan chord

Answer 13

chord built on the flattened supertonic (one semitone down)

Question 14

codetta

Answer 14

short coda concluding a single section of a movement

Question 15

tutti

Answer 15

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Question 16

dissonance

Answer 16

notes clashing