the mood of a piece of music. It was customary in Baroque music for a single mood to prevail in a movement!
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Diatonic
Notes or chords belonging to or literally 'of the key'
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Homophonic
a musical texture comprising a melody part and accompaniment
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Melodic
refers to the melody line
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monophonic
a musical texture featuring two or more parts, each having a melody line and sounding together
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polyphonic
a musical texture featuring two or more parts, each having a melody line and sounding together
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oratorio
a large scale musical setting for chorus, soloists and orchestra of a biblical text. Designed for concert performance. Messiah by G.F. Handel is one of the most famous examples of an oratorio
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libretto
the text/words of a musical work such as an opera or oratorio
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aria
a solo vocal piece with instrumental accompaniment
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dominant
fifth note of the scale or key - the strongest note after the tonic
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cadence
two chords at the end of a musical phrase. There are four main types of cadence: perfect, interrupted, plagal and imperfect
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harmonic rhythm
the number of times the chords change per bar
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hemiola
in triple time, this is a rhythmic device often used towards a cadence point, in which notes are grouped in two beat units
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homophonic
common musical texture comprising a melody part and acompaniment
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imitative
literally separate parts copying or imitating each other. If the imitation is note for note the same, this will then be a canon
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modulating
when the music changes key
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pedal
a sustained note usually in the lowest bass part. In the middle of a musical texture it is called an inner pedal and if at the top, an inverted pedal
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perfect cadence
chord V followed by chord I
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pitch
how high or low a note sounds
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plagal cadence
chord IV followed by chord I
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Tonic
The first degree of a scale, the keynote, e.g. in C major the note C is the tonic note
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Vb
dominant chord in first inversion
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V7c
dominant 7th chord in second inversion
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
Notes or chords belonging to or literally 'of the key'
Back
Diatonic
Card 3
Front
a musical texture comprising a melody part and accompaniment
Back
Card 4
Front
refers to the melody line
Back
Card 5
Front
a musical texture featuring two or more parts, each having a melody line and sounding together
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