Listening exam Key Terms

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Basso Continuo
A continuous bass art, commonly found in Baroque music
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SATB
Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass -four types of voice in a choir
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Strophic form
The melody of each stanza is played over the same accompaniment- opposite to through-composed
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Sforzando
Strongly accented note
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Monophic
Music with no harmony and only one line of tune.
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Polyphonic
Two or more melody parts weaving in and out of each other
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Improvisation
Music that is made up on-the-spot by a performer, usually based around a set of notes
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Staccato
Playing each note short and detatched from the notes either side
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Modulation
When themusic shifts to another key, usually the relative minor or major
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Call and Response
A short melody followed by an answering phrase
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Appogiatura
An ornament that clashes withthe accompanying chord, then resolves
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Arch-shaped
A melody that finishes the same way it started e.g. ABA
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Con Arco
To play with a bow, the opposite of pizzicato
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Hemiola
When a piece of music feels as if it's written in 2/4 but is actually in 3/4
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Tremolo
To play in a trembly, nervous sounding way
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Sequence
A repeating musical phrase
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Conjunct
Notes in a melody sounding close together with small intervals, opposite to disjunct
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Glissando
A slide between notes
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Chromatic notes
Notes that don't fit in the main key of the melody
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Ostinato
A musical pattern that repeats over and over again like the bass art in ground bass
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Card 2

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Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass -four types of voice in a choir

Back

SATB

Card 3

Front

The melody of each stanza is played over the same accompaniment- opposite to through-composed

Back

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Card 4

Front

Strongly accented note

Back

Preview of the back of card 4

Card 5

Front

Music with no harmony and only one line of tune.

Back

Preview of the back of card 5
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