the musical dictionary Flashcards
1
Q
Ternary
A
ABA form
2
Q
arch form
A
ABCBA
3
Q
twelve bar blues
A
blues
4
Q
ostinato
A
short repeating pattern
5
Q
rondo
A
ABACADAE form
6
Q
call and response
A
musical responding to a pattern
7
Q
ground bass
A
Bass line repeating
8
Q
texture
A
mono,homo,poly,hetero phonic
melody and accompaniment
9
Q
antiphonal
A
music in one part which moves to another while 1st is silent
10
Q
pedal note
A
sustained note
11
Q
contrapuntal
A
polyphonic
12
Q
augamentation
A
double length of rhythm
13
Q
dimunution
A
halving the length of rhythm
14
Q
syncopation
A
off beat
15
Q
Binary
A
AB form