GCSE Music Key terms 0.0 / 5 ? MusicAll Areas of StudyGCSEEdexcel Created by: Harmony LeungCreated on: 26-12-13 13:59 Schoenberg's composition system, involving the rearrangement of the 12 chromatic notes of an octave into a set order serialism 1 of 30 Singing with no instrumental backing a capella 2 of 30 A song in a musical that tells you what's going on action song 3 of 30 The minimalist technique of adding one note or rest each time a melody is repeated additive melody 4 of 30 The first phase of a raga performance alap 5 of 30 An upbeat anacrusis 6 of 30 An ornament that clashes with the accompanying chord then resolves appoggiatura 7 of 30 West African xylophone balafon 8 of 30 A song that tells a story ballad 9 of 30 The final phase of a raga performance, with voice bandish 10 of 30 A bamboo flute used in Indian Classical music bansuri 11 of 30 A type of jazz characterised by complex harmonies and fast, syncopated rhythms bebop 12 of 30 Chord played by sounding all the notes at once block chord 13 of 30 An Irish framed drum used in Celtic folk music bodhrán 14 of 30 A string instrument similar to a mandolin and played in Celtic folk music bouzouki 15 of 30 Electronic music that has syncopation or polyrhythms breakbeats 16 of 30 Vocal piece made up of 2 or 3 arias and separated by recitatives cantata 17 of 30 Chords played on the guitar or piano underneath an improvised solo Comping 18 of 30 Single-headed African drum played with the hands djembe 19 of 30 A 7-beat tala rupak 20 of 30 A small bowed string instrument with no frets used in Indian Classical music sarangi 21 of 30 A type of improvised singing with nonsense words and syllables, used in jazz **** 22 of 30 When a singer starts on a different note to the one written, and slides to the correct note scoop 23 of 30 Non-church music secular music 24 of 30 A piece of computer software that lets you make loops of music sequencer 25 of 30 Electronic device for creating new sounds synthesizer 26 of 30 Group of beats within a tala vibhag 27 of 30 Rhythm in Indian Classical music with a set number of beats, played on the tabla tala 28 of 30 Club dance music with a very fast beat techno 29 of 30 A stage in the traditional cloth-making process; cloth is pounded against a table to clean, soften and thicken it waulking 30 of 30
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