Texture/structure/form

Question 1

What is a canon

Answer 1

Each part has the same melody entering one after the other. Canon is the same as round.

Question 2

Ternary

Answer 2

A three part from: A selection followed by a B section which is a different melody than a return to a section

Question 3

Round

Answer 3

Each part has the same melody entering one after the other

Question 4

Middle 8

Answer 4

In popular music a section which provides a contrast to the opening section it is often 8 bars long

Question 5

Theme and variation

Answer 5

The melody is heard then returns several times with variations

Question 6

Cadenza

Answer 6

A showy passage for a soloist alone in a concerto

Question 7

Imitation

Answer 7

The melody is immediately copied in another part

Question 8

Riff

Answer 8

A short repeated pattern

Question 9

Round

Answer 9

Each part has the same melody entering one after another

Question 10

Ostinato

Answer 10

Short repeated pattern

Question 11

Octave

Answer 11

Distance of 8 notes from d up to d

Question 12

Harmony

Answer 12

Two parts sounding different notes

Question 13

binary

Answer 13

A form in which the music is made up of two different sections labelled a and b this is the same as ab form

Question 14

Alberti bass

Answer 14

Broken chord accompaniment in the bass often used in keyboard music

Question 15

Coda

Answer 15

A passage at the end of a piece which finishes it off

Question 16

Contrapuntal

Answer 16

A texture which consists of two or more independent melodic lines it is like polyphonic

Question 17

Ground bass

Answer 17

A theme in the bass which is repeated many times while the upper parts are varied

Question 18

Homophonic

Answer 18

Texture where you hear a melody with accompaniment or where all the parts play a similar rhythm at the same time

Lasagne

Question 19

Polyphonic

Answer 19

A texture which consists of two or more independent melodic lines

Spaghetti

Question 20

Walking bass

Answer 20

A moving bass with notes usually of the same value it is often found in jazz styles

Question 21

Basso continuo

Answer 21

A single baseline

Question 22

Concerto grosso

Answer 22

A small group of soloists contrast with a larger group of instrumentalists

Question 23

Ritornello

Answer 23

A theme theme which returns frequently through a piece

Question 24

Through composed

Answer 24

A vocal piece in which there is little to no repetition of music