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1
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What is tempo?

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The speed of the underlying beat in the music

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Adagio

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Moderately slow

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Largo

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Slow

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Andante

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Walking Pace

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Moderato

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Moderate Pace

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Allegro

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Fast

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Presto

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Extremely fast

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Accelerando

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Speeding up of tempo

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Rallentando

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Slowing down of tempo

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Rubato

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Free tempo

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Ritenudo

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Immediately slowing down

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12
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What is texture?

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Texture describes how the different layers of sound in a song interact

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What is unison?

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Unison is where all of the instruments are playing the exact same melody with all the notes at the same pitches.

An example of unison is a room of people, young and old all singing Happy Birthday

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What is Monophonic texture?

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Monophonic texture is when there is only one line of music with no accompaniment. This can include a solo instrument or multiple instruments in unison.

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What is Polyphonic (contrapuntal) texture?

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Polyphonic texture is where the different layers of sound all weave in and out of each other, similar to spaghetti.

Imitation is an example of polyphony, as the parts are delayed and so overlap. A common use of imitation is in Fugues.

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What is homophonic texture?

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Homophonic texture is when all of the layers move in blocks around the chords used. It can also be called chordal texture

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What is antiphony?

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Similar to call and response, when the musical ideas are passed between different instruments

18
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What is melody and accompaniment?

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When there is a clear melodic line and this can be differentiated between the accompaniment. Encompasses homophonic texture I think.

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What is a counter melody?

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A secondary melody that counters the original melody e.g. the original melody moves up and the countermeoldy moves down

20
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What is a descant

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Another melody higher in pitched played over the existing texture

21
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Glissando

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Sliding from one note to the other. Kniwn as portamento in singing

22
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Pizzicato

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Used when refering to string instruments, it means plucking the strings

23
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Con Sord

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Mute put on the end of brass instruments to create a raspy or a “wah-wah” sound

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Arco

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Used when refering to string instruments, it means bowed

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Drum fill

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Chance for the drummer to show off and to fill in the gap with a drum pattern when no other instruments are playing

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Falsetto

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Where a male singer sings in the alto or soprano range

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Rim shot

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Drum stroke where the stick hits the rim and the head at the same time

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Drum roll

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Rapid succession of beats on a drum

29
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Distortion

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When an amplified sound is changed to sound more fuzzy or growly

30
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Pitch bend

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Where a guitarist makes the string get tighter to make the pitch of the sound get higher

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Pull off

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Used by guitarists to create a legato sound so the guitarist plays a second note in quick succession

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Palm mute

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Where the guitraist puts the side of their hand on the strings to be plucked so they sound dampened

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A cappella

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Unaccompanied voices

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Scat

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Vocal improvisation - using wordless syllables that don’t have a meaning

35
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Beatboxing

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Where a voice imitates the sounds made by a drum machine

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Vibrato

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Whre the pitch of the voice changes rapidly up and down to give a warm and rich feel

37
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Rap

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Where an artist speaks words rhythmically, often accompanied by an instrumental and/or drum beat

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Tremolo

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Trembling effect

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