GCSE Music Vocabulary

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Regular groups of beats, the first of which is emphasised
Bars
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Regular 'foootsteps' heard or felt in a piece. The pulse.
Beats
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Time signature where the beat is divided into 2: usually a crotchet beat divided into two quavers.
Simple Time
3 of 8
Time signatures based on a dotted crotchet beat, divided into three quavers e.g.6/8
Compound time
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No sense of key at all - sounds very random
Antonal
5 of 8
Happy soundng
Major
6 of 8
Sad aounding
Minor
7 of 8
A change of key
Modulation
8 of 8

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Card 2

Front

Beats

Back

Regular 'foootsteps' heard or felt in a piece. The pulse.

Card 3

Front

Simple Time

Back

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Card 4

Front

Compound time

Back

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Card 5

Front

Antonal

Back

Preview of the back of card 5
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