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A single melody line/tune played by many people
Monophonic
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Many melody lines/tunes, many rhythms played by many people
Polyphonic
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Many melody lines/pitches but only ONE rhythm played together
Homophonic
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a musical phrase (tune or rhythm) repeated over and over during a composition
Ostinato
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copying the tune or melody of another instrument or vocal part
Imitation
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several repetitions of a melodic phrase in different pitches - moving up or down by step
Sequence
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A - B - A (3 sections with the first and last the same)
Ternary Form
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a musical form consisting of two units (A and B) constructed to balance and complement each other
Binary Form
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Structure takes the form of A B A C A etc
Rondo Form
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a song form in which the music composed for the initial stanza of text is repeated for each additional stanza (often with a chorus in between)
Strophic Form
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Structure consisting of an initial theme (A) and a series of variations placed after it. Usually A, A', A'', A''' etc. Each variation varies one of the Elements of music slightly.
Variation Form
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a key whose harmony is based on the major scale which sounds happy
Major
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a key based on the minor scale which sounds sad or depressing
Minor
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quality of a musical tone produced by a musical instrument (which distinguishes it from others of the same pitch)
Timbre
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the speed at which a composition is to be played
Tempo
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the interweaving of melodic and harmonic elements in the musical "fabric". It can be transparent, dense, thin, thick, heavy, light - Polyphonic, Homophonic, Monophonic etc
Texture
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The way different sections a placed one after another - Binary Form, Ternary Form etc
Structure
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how loud or soft the music is
Dynamics
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High and Lowness in music
Pitch
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The regular or irregular BEAT in the music - relates to time signatures - 3 time, 4 time etc
Pulse
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Music that only uses a scale with five-pitches - most Chinese music is Pentatonic and some African music
Pentatonic
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the notes or chords ending a section of music with a feeling of conclusiveness
Cadence
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a IV - I cadence (frequently ending church music - sounlds like 'Amen') - (a fullstop cadence)
Plagal Cadence
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the chordal progression of dominant to tonic i.e. V-I (a fullstop cadence)
Perfect Cadence
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A long note held in the bass part
Pedal
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Getting quieter
Diminuendo
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Getting louder
Cresendo
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No Key
Atonal
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A bass Sitar with a drone
Tambura
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A Indian string insrument which plays the melody
Sitar
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A pair of Indian drums
Tabla
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The abbreviation for Soprano, Alto, Tenor and Bass
SATB
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A short musical idea
Motif
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an African single skinned drum
Djembe
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a piece of Indian Classical music - OR - an Indian scale or set of notes that represents a mood, time of day or occasion
Raga
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Slowly
Largo
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Fast and Lively tempo
Allegro
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A 2 or 4 time rhythm played against a 3 time rhythm
Cross-rhythm
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The changing of key/tonality within a piece of music
Modulation
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First note in a scale (key note)
Tonic
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5th note in a scale
Dominant
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A repeated short tune/motif in jazz or popular music
Riff
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A clashing sound between notes
Dissonance
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A long, sustained note in the bass part
Drone
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a musical statement by a singer or instrumentalist that is answered by other singers or instrumentalists.
Call and Response
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a melody over the top of another melody
Countermelody
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Polyphonic

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Many melody lines/tunes, many rhythms played by many people

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Homophonic

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Card 4

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Ostinato

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Imitation

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