Words I Dunno Flashcards
Sonata form
Expo dev recap
Exposition
Start of sonata or fugue, everyone has played the tune once
Fugue words
Tonal answer real answer subject exposition stretto contrapuntal
Galliard
3/4 after pavan
Ground bass
Bass repeated while top varies
Impressionist
Sounds blurry, whole tone pentatonic scales parallel chords and unresolved chords
Leitmotiv
Theme
Microtone
Slightly off
Minimalist
Repetition
Mordant
Dada dummm
Motet
Latin text polyphonic texture a Capella
Neo classical
Classical stuff with dissonance atonal harmonies smaller orchestras
Oratorio
Bible recital
Ostinato
Riff
Passacaglia
Variations over a ground bass
Passion
Oratorio but Jesus death
Pentatonic
Not many notes sounds like the mermaid bit in Harry Potter
Ripieno
Main group, not soloists
Ritornello
Brief intro or interlude in vocal, passage between scenes in opera.
Main theme played by ripieno
Scherzo
Lively, triple time l, ternary form, third movement of symphony sonata or chamber
Sonata
Piano plus solo
Sonata form
Expo
Dev
Recap
Expo has two contrasting themes in related keys
Stretto
Voices or instruments follow each other closely like a fugue
Tremolo
trembling notes, or a trill
Episode
Modulating link in a fugue