Key Terms - Music - Purcell

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Ternary Form
Music structured in an ABA style
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De capo Aria
A musical form in the Baroque era
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Countertenor
Type of male voice whose range is like a female mezzo-soprano
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Basso continuo
Musical accompaniment. Means 'continuous bass'
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Figured Bass
A type of music where intervals, chords, ect are shown with mumbers and symbols
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Trio Sonata
A genre of music written in three parts; two top parts played by violin and a basso continuo with cello
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Viol
A stringed instrument like the violin
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Ornaments
Things added to notes that are not essential to carry the melody
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Mordent
A decoration on the note
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Appoggiatura
A musical ornament that adds a non-chord in a melody that is resolved to the regular note of the chord
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Word setting
Musical composition that is written based on a literary work
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Syllabic
One note per syllable
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Melismatic
More than one note per syllable
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Word Painting
When the word means how it's played e.g. the word leap on a leap of notes
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Arpeggiated
A type of broken chord that is played or sung in a rising or descending order
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Tierce de Picardi
A harmonic device used in Western classical music
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Dissonant
An unpleasing sound or note
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Conjunct
Mostly moving by step
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Suspension
A way to create tension by prolonging a constant note
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Sequence
A repeated part but played in a different pitch
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False Reaction
A harmonic clash of a note and a chromatically altered version of that note
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Trill
A musical ornament of a rapid alternation between two adjacent notes
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Acciaccaturas
A non-harmonic crushed note played as quickly as possible
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Melodic slide
An ornament by adding note or by modifying rhythms
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Syncopation
Playing on the off beat
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Walking bass
A line that a more creative form of bass playing
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A musical form in the Baroque era

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De capo Aria

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Type of male voice whose range is like a female mezzo-soprano

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Card 4

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Musical accompaniment. Means 'continuous bass'

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Card 5

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A type of music where intervals, chords, ect are shown with mumbers and symbols

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