AOS 3- Texture and Melody. 4.0 / 5 based on 1 rating ? MusicKeywordsGCSEAQA Created by: beccawildCreated on: 24-11-16 21:40 Pitch How high or low the note is. 1 of 37 Interval Gap in pitch between two notes. 2 of 37 Scale Group of notes, played in ascending or descending order. 3 of 37 Arpeggio Playing notes of a chord one by one. 4 of 37 Conjunct Melodies which move step by step. sounds smooth. 5 of 37 Disjunct Melodies leap. Sound spiky. 6 of 37 Triadic Melodies which use notes from a triad. 7 of 37 Scalic Melodies follow the order of a particular scale. 8 of 37 Pentatonic Scale Five note scale. 9 of 37 Whole Tone Scale Scale made up of only whole tones. 10 of 37 Chromatic Scale Scale made up of only semi tones. 11 of 37 Augmentation Doubling the value of a tune. 12 of 37 Dimunition Halving the value of a tune. 13 of 37 Modes Came before scales. 14 of 37 Passing Notes Notes between the notes of a harmony. 15 of 37 Blue Notes The flattened notes in a blues scale. 16 of 37 Sequance When a tune is repeated a step higher. 17 of 37 Glissando A slide between two notes. 18 of 37 Pitch Bend Bending the note on an instrument. 19 of 37 Ornamentation Decorating the melody. 20 of 37 Mordents Three notes starting and ending with the same note. a step higher or lower goes in between. 21 of 37 Ostinato / Riff A repeated rhythm or tune. 22 of 37 Phrase A musical sentence indicated by a line above the stave. 23 of 37 Articulation How to Play the notes. 24 of 37 Staccato Short, detached notes. 25 of 37 Legato Smooth, indicated by a slur. 26 of 37 Accent Notes played with more force. 27 of 37 Improvisation When a musician makes up music on the spot. 28 of 37 Monophonic One single melody. 29 of 37 Unison When everyone plays together. 30 of 37 Octaves If instruments are an octave apart. 31 of 37 Homophonic All parts moving in one rhythm creating a chordal effect. 32 of 37 Broken Chords All notes of a chord are played sparately. 33 of 37 Polyphonic / Contrapuntal Two or more important melodies interweave. 34 of 37 Imitation A phrase is repeated. 35 of 37 Canon A particular type of imitation. 36 of 37 Antiphonal Stereo effect as a musical phrase is passed from one group to another. 37 of 37
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