Defying Gravity

Key Terms

Augmented chord: a triad built on two major thirds

Bare fifth: Chords lacking the third and ambiguous in tonality

Bitonal: refers to music in two keys at the same time

Circle of fifths: a chord sequence in which the root is a fifth lower than the previous one

Colla Voce: where the instruments follow the tempo of the voice

Leit motif: a recurring musical idea associated with a particular…