When you finish a piece in a MINOR KEY, with a Tonic MAJOR chord
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Appogiatura
A grace note which delays (*taking half or more of its time value) the next note of the melody
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Acciacatura
A grace note payed as quickly as possible, before an essential note of a melody
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Melisma
A group of notes sung to one syllable of text
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Syllable
A part of a word
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Syllabic
When a syllable has its own note
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Ascending/ Descending
When notes move upwards after each other, increasing pitch/ The opposite
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Mordent
A mordent is formed by playing the note, the note above and then back to the first note.
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Trill
A trill is formed by quickly playing the note and the note above it alternately.
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Ornamentation
Decorative notes which embellish an melody
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Minor Key
A musical key or tonality in the minor mode
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Imitation
Repetition of a melody in a polyphonic texture, shortly after it's first appearance
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Basso Continuo
Musical accompaniment played by a keyboard instrument and another bass instrument eg. cello
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Improvised
Playing notes that aren't written out on the score for you.
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Figured Bass
A bass line with harmonies but it written as figures rather than chords
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Ground Bass
Short theme, which is constantly repeated
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Ostinato
Repeated pattern of notes (commonly used for classical music)
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Chromatic Decoration
Musical flourishes
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Word Painting
Musical technique where the music reflects the literal meaning of the song eg. In Music For A While 'drop, drop, drop' is sung repetitively and short, to reflect something dropping...
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Dissonant Intervals
Intervals which lack harmony and sound harsh
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Cadence
A melodic/harmonic arrangement which creates a sense of finality
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Arpeggio
When you play each individual note of a chord, one after the other
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Stile italiano
Italian style of music
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Tremolo
A rapid back and forth movement of the bow (on a violin etc)
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Vocalisation
vibration of vocal chord
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Conjuct motion
Stepwise motion
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Sequence
Repeatition of a melody at a higher or lower pitch
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Angular
A very strict rhythm or melody (not free flowing)
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Legato
Play Smoothly
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Recitative
When you sing in the rhythm of ordinary speech
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Counterpoint
Two or more melodies played together
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Rallentandos/ Retardando
Lazily slowing down the tempo
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Anacrusis
First note in a melody, but comes before the beginning bar
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Tritone
An interval of 3 tones, sounds dissonant
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Quartal Harmony
Chords made up of 4ths not 3rds
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Bi-tonal
2 keys being used at the same time
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Chordal Figure
A musical idea using chords
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Dominant
Referring to the 5th degree of the scale
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Tonic
Referring to the 1st degree of the scale
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Cluster Chord
Chords with notes which are 1 or 2 semitones apart
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Card 2
Front
A grace note which delays (*taking half or more of its time value) the next note of the melody
Back
Appogiatura
Card 3
Front
A grace note payed as quickly as possible, before an essential note of a melody
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