Styles Flashcards
1
Q
Anthem
A
English
Sacred peice
Harmonies
Usually a Capella or unaccompanied
2
Q
Counter tenor
A
Sounds like a woman
Highest male voice
3
Q
Madrigal
A
All come in at different times
English
Not sacred secular
4
Q
Ballett
A
A type of madrigal
FA, LA LA LA LA
5
Q
Motet
A
Latin quick
Three beats
6
Q
Pavan
A
Two beats in a bar. SLOW
7
Q
Chorale
A
German hymn tune
Four parts
Homophonic
8
Q
Contemporary jazz
A
Cross rhythms
Chromatic harmony
Groove
Harmonies
Rhythmic experiment
9
Q
Edm
A
Synthesisers + sequencers, sample, effects
10
Q
Nationalist
A
Folk music, traditional instruments
11
Q
Neoclassical
A
More dynamics, rubato, Alberti bass, structured
12
Q
Serial
A
Tone row, used got whole piece, retrograde, inverted
13
Q
Ayre/air
A
Song or simple melody,sometimes the title of a movement of a suite
