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Question 1

Tempo

Answer 1

The speed at which a piece is performed

Question 2

Tenor

Answer 2

Male vocal type, higher than baritone and bass

Question 3

Tension

Answer 3

Applies to a piece of music that has a scene of anxiety; sometimes followed by a release or musical resolution

Question 4

Tenuto

Answer 4

Notes heald for their entire value

Question 5

Ternary form

Answer 5

The structure in which the piece of music is said to ‘turn around’; can be labelled as ABA

Question 6

Terraced dynamics

Answer 6

Dynamics that permit loud and soft elements in a piece of music but no gradations in between

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Texture

Answer 7

The effect produced by the combination of voices and/ or instruments in music

Question 8

theme and variation

Answer 8

music with a clear theme and with variations of the theme, such as rhythmic and tonality changes, to add interest

Question 9

through composed

Answer 9

music in which the lyrics and melody change with each verse

Question 10

time signature

Answer 10

The reference at the beginning of a musical score that tells us the number and type of beats in a bar ; can be simple or compound

Question 11

tonal centre

Answer 11

the tone or note around which the scale and piece are based on a scale or mode

Question 12

tonality

Answer 12

The pitch arrangement is chosen by the composer, usually based on a scale or mode

Question 13

tone colour

Answer 13

that aspect of sound that allows the listener to identify the sound source or combinations of sound sources

Question 14

traditional notation

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representing sounds in music as notes on a stave; also known as conventional notation

Question 15

triad

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a chord with a simple structure of three notes

Question 16

trill

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rapid alternation between two notes

Question 17

turn

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notes turn around a note. we hear a note, then one higher, then one lower then the first note, and then the first note.

Question 18

twelve bar blues

Answer 18

A 12 bar pattern with a set chord structure

Question 19

twelve-tone row

Answer 19

a piece of music that uses all 12 notes of the chromatic scale in a set order while varying the note values and effects

Question 20

twentieth century art music

Answer 20

Generally refers to the music of Western cultures, including Classical, Baroque and Romantic music; more specifically music characterised by composers’ experimenting with instruments and the breakdown of tonality