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An era of music history beginning around 1750 and ending around 1820.
The Classical Period
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An early version of the piano.
Fortepiano
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A musical texture in which one part, often the highest, plays a distinct melody, and the accompanying parts provide an underlying accompaniment.
Melody-dominated Homophony
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Paired phrases of similar length and rhythm – an antecedent and a consequent.
Balanced Phrases
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Two phrases, alike in length and rhythm. The second is a concluding response to the first.
Antecedent and Consequent
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A unit of melody that has a complete musical sense of its own – ‘a musical sentence’.
Phrase
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Two chords at the end of a phrase – ‘musical punctuation’.
Cadence
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Chord V followed by chord I at the end of the phrase. It makes the phrase sound conclusive.
Perfect Cadence
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Chord I followed by chord V at the end of the phrase. It makes the phrase sound unfinished.
Imperfect Cadence
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A large-scale composition for orchestra, developed during the Classical Period and normally in 4 movements.
Symphony
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A self-contained unit of music, complete in itself, that can stand alone or be joined with others in a larger work, such a symphony or a concerto.
Movement
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A dance in 3/4 time.
Minuet
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A person who leads the orchestra in how to interpret music and stay in time.
Conductor
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The .............. of the orchestra. In the Classical period it was made up of the Violin, Viola, Cello and Double Bass.
String Section
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The ................ of the orchestra. In the Classical period it was made up of the Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon.
Woodwind Section
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The ............. of the orchestra. In the Classical period it was made up of the Horn and Trumpet
Brass Section
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A composition for a solo instrument, accompanied by an orchestra.
Concerto
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A brilliant, dramatic solo passage, found in a concerto. the soloist plays while the orchestra remains silent
Cadenza
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When music alternates between different instruments or voices.
Antiphony
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A structure containing a repeating section, which alternates with contrasting sections – ABACADA.
Rondo
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A large-scale composition for a soloist, often a piano or an instrument with a piano accompaniment, typically in several movements.
Sonata
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A broken chord accompaniment, common in the second half of the C18th and named after Domenico Alberti.
Alberti Bass
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A musical idea on which a composition is based,
Theme
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A musical structure based around the presentation of a theme followed by a series of variations on that theme.
Theme and Variation
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The way in which musical ideas are transformed over the course of a composition.
Musical Development
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Card 2

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An early version of the piano.

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Fortepiano

Card 3

Front

A musical texture in which one part, often the highest, plays a distinct melody, and the accompanying parts provide an underlying accompaniment.

Back

Preview of the front of card 3

Card 4

Front

Paired phrases of similar length and rhythm – an antecedent and a consequent.

Back

Preview of the front of card 4

Card 5

Front

Two phrases, alike in length and rhythm. The second is a concluding response to the first.

Back

Preview of the front of card 5
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