Music Theory 0.0 / 5 ? MusicTheoryGCSEAQA Created by: roslyn hopeCreated on: 21-04-16 13:01 Binarary Form Is in 2 sections. Section A followed by section B. Both are usually repeated 1 of 54 Tenerary Form 3 Sections A,B and A 2 of 54 Rondo Form In RONDO FORM, section A comes back after each new section. Like this, A-B-A-C-A. It could go on longer 3 of 54 VARIATION FORM Each new section is based on theoriginal section A, and so it is a variation of it. 4 of 54 Monophonic 1 single sound 5 of 54 Melody and Accompaniment A single melody with a background accompaniment 6 of 54 Homophonic Means that all the parts play the same rhythm at the same time. Example could be a Hymn 7 of 54 Polyphonic Lots of different melodies playing at once. Sounds like lots of people talking at the same time. 8 of 54 Perfect Cadence A music full stop 9 of 54 Imperfect Cadence A musical comma 10 of 54 Major Sounds happy 11 of 54 Minor Sounds sad 12 of 54 Pentatonic Sounds airy, used in chinese songs mostly 13 of 54 How many intervals are there 6 14 of 54 3rd's and 6th's` Pleasant sounding intervals and are the most likely in popular music. Example: Pop songs and light classical music. 15 of 54 4th and 5th Sounds hollow or they could sound powerful 16 of 54 2nd's and 7ths Sound horrible and clashing 17 of 54 Atonal Means no key and is usually clashing 18 of 54 Reverb This makes it sounds lke singing or playing in a ver large room, it is like a tiny, tiny echo. Do not confuse this with real echo. 19 of 54 Delay/Echo Actually the proper name is delay and you can hear the echo and it is DISTINCT 20 of 54 Vocoder Almost alwas used on voices and MAKES, YOU. SOUND. LIKE. A. DALEK 21 of 54 Looping When a short bit of music is repeated over and over. 22 of 54 Drum Machine Electric gadget to play drum parts 23 of 54 Accelerando Music gradually gets faster 24 of 54 Accent Means a note is given more emphasis or stress 25 of 54 Adagio To be performed slowly 26 of 54 Allegro Fast 27 of 54 Allegretto A big fast but not hella fast ike allegro 28 of 54 Andante Walking speed (quite slow) 29 of 54 Arco A direction for violin players etc. Play normally with the bow 30 of 54 Arpeggio When notes of a chord are played one after the other instead of al at once. Is also called a broken chord 31 of 54 Crescendo Gradually gets louder 32 of 54 Counter Melody Another tune which is played along with the main tune 33 of 54 Diminuendo Music gets gradually quieter 34 of 54 Discord Clashing sounds, not nice 35 of 54 Dissonant/Dissonance When discords are being used and the music sounds clashing 36 of 54 Drone Think bagpipes 37 of 54 Dynamics Just mneans the louds and quiets in the msic and how they change. 38 of 54 Glissando Sliding from one note to another 39 of 54 Imitataion Simply copying 40 of 54 Largo Music is slow and dignified 41 of 54 Note cluster Lots of notes really close together 42 of 54 Ostinato A short pattern of notes that is repeated over and over. Called a riff in rock. 43 of 54 Pedal A long low note that caried on under the music. 44 of 54 Pizzicato A diretion to a violin etc pluck strings 45 of 54 Presto Music is fast 46 of 54 Ritardando Music gets gradually slower 47 of 54 Seqeuence When a pattern of notes is played again but higher ot lower 48 of 54 Sforzando When a bit suddenly stands out in the music 49 of 54 Staccat When notes are played short and detatched. Sounds jumpy 50 of 54 Tempo How fast or slow 51 of 54 Trill Moving quickly between a note and the one above it. 52 of 54 Vivace Music is lively 53 of 54 Syncopation When the music lies against the beat instead of with it. Most popular music is syncopated, most marches and waltzes for examples, aren't. 54 of 54
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