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Accent
Emphasis on a note or chord
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Acciaccatura
A very short ornamental note played just before a note
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Alto
Low Female Voice
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Arpeggio
A chord in which the notes are played one after the other e.g C E G
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Back Beat
In pop music this refers to accenting beats 2 and 4
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Barritone
A male voice inbetween tenor and bass
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Bass-voice
The lowest male voice
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Bass
The lowest pitched line in a piece of music
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Beat
Pulse in a piece of music. Indicates time signature
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Binary Form
A musical structure of two sections with contrasting material (AB)
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Bridge
In pop and jazz, contrasting passage that connects 2 longer sections
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Broken Chord
A chord in which the notes are played one after the other rather than at the same time
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Cadence
Formed by the last two chords of a phrase
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Call and response
Pair of phrases, one melody is played then the second melody replies
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Chimes
Percussion instrument. metal tubes hit with a hammer
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Chorus
The repeated refrain in a verse-chorus structure. A movement for whole choir in choral work. A small choir
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Chromatic
Playing every note e.g C, C sharp,D....
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Coda
Section of music that ends a piece
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Compound time
A metre in which the main beat is sub-divided into three equal portions. Opposite to simple time
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Consonance
Notes that are consonant sound pleasing when played together. different to dissonance
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Continuo
An accompaiying part in instrumental music of the baroque period. Played by a bass instrument and a harmony instrument
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Contrapuntal
Adjective to describe music that uses counterpoint
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Countermelody
A second melody in a piece that is heard at the same time to provide contrast
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Counterpoint
A texture in which two or more melodic lines,each one significant in itself, are played at the same time
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Crescendo
A gradual increase in dynamics
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Cross rhythm
The presence in a passage of music of conflicting rhythms (e.g groups of 3 notes played in one line, while groups of 2 are played in another)
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Dialogue
When two or more instruments have musical conversation
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Diatonic
Notes that belong to the scale of the key opposite to chromatic
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Disjunct
A disjunct melody moves by leaps or intervals larger than a 2nd
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Dissonance
Notes that are dissonant produce a clasing sound when played together
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Distortion
Digital effect that alters the sound of an instrument
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Dominant
The fifth note of a scale eg. C is the dominant of F
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Dotted rhythm
A rhythm that contains pairs of notes in the pattern long short e.g dotted crotchet quaver
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Double stopping
Playing two notes at once on a bowed string instrument
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Dynamics
How loud or softly a piece of music is played
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Ensemble
A group of musicans playing together
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Falsetto
A vocal technique used by men to sing notes higher than those within their normal voice range
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Fill
A short passage of music between two sections of melody
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Free time
music with a regular pulse
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Glissando
A slide between two notes
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Harpsichord
Keyboard instrument of the baroque period. Strings are plucked rather than hit like a piano
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Homophony
A texture in which one part has the melody and the other parts accompany
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Imitation
A melodic idea that is immediately copied by another instrument, normally at a different pitch
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Interval
The distance between two note
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Key
Indicates the scale that a section or piece of music is based on
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Layered
A texture made up of independent lines which are designed to be heard together
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Loop
A short segment of music thats repeated a number of times in succession
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Major and Minor
Describe different types of intervals,chords,keys and scales
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Melody and accompaniment
A texture in which one part has the melody and the other has the accompaniment
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Metre
The metre refers to the pulse of the music and indicated by the time signature
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Metronome mark
Indicates how fast to play a piece by specifying how many beats per minute there should be
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Minuet and trio
A movement in ABA form
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Mode
Different types of seven note scales, other than major and minor
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Modulation
The process of changing key in a passage of music
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Mute
A device that can be fitted to an instrument to quieten the sound
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Octave
An interval forme from two notes that are 12 semitones apart
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Ornament
Small musical addidtions that decorate a melody e.g acciaccatura
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Ostinato
A repeating melodi,harmonic or rhythmic motif,heard continuously throughout part or the whole piece
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Pedal Note
A sustained or continuously repeated pitch,often in the bass,that is heard against changing harmonies
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Phrase
A short musical unit, similar to a phrase or a sentence in speech
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Piccolo
A small flute
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Pitch bend
A short slide up or down to a main note
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Pizzicato
A direction to pluck notes on a string instrument
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Polyphonic
A texture wuth two or more melodic lines are played at the same time
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Pulse
A regularky recurring beat
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Range
The notes that a singer or instrumentalist can sing or play
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Register
A part of the range of an instrument or voice
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Relative major/minor
Keys that have the same key signature but a different tonice. The tonic of a relative minor is 3 semitones below the tonic of the relative major
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Riff
A short, catchy or rhythmic idea that is repeated throughout
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Rondo
A musical structure in which a main melody alternates with contrasting sections
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Rubato
Slight change to the tempo of a performance-speeding up/slowing down to make the music more expressive
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Scale
A sequence of notes that move by step up or downwards
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Scherzo and trio
A movement in ABA form. A scherzo is a lively dance and the trio contrasts it
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Sequence
Immediate repertition of a melodic or harmonic idea at a different pitch, or a succession of different pitches
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Seventh chord
A chord made up of a triad and a note a 7th above the root
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Simple time
A metre in which the main beat is sub-divided into two equal portions
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Soprano
The highest female voice
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Staccato
Detached short notes
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Strophic form
A type of song in which the same music is used for each verse f the lyrics
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Syncopation
Placing the accents in parts ofthe bar that aren't normally emphasised e.g the weak/off beat
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Tempo
The speed of the music
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Tenor
A high male voice
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Tenuto
An articulation mark that indicates a note should be emphasised, by playing it slightly louder or holding it on for longer
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Ternary form
A musical structure of three sections. The outer sections are similar and the central one contrasting
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Texture
homophonic,polyphonic and monophonic
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Through-composed
A type of song in which different music is used for each verse of the lyrics
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Time signature
Indicates the number of beats in a bar
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Tone
An interval of two semitones; a major second
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Tonic
The starting note of a major or minor scale
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Triad
A chord of three notes: a bass note and notes at a 3rd and a 5th above
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Trill
An ornament consisting of a rapid alternation of two adjacent pitches
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Triplet
A group of three equal notes played
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Tritone
An interval of six semitones
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Unison
Simultaneous performance of the same pitch or pitches by more than one person
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Variation form
A musical structure in which the main them is varied a number of times
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Verse
A section in a songthat usually has lyrics unique to that section
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Verse chorus form
Basic pop song form
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Vibrato
A performing technique in which the pitch of a note wavers rapidly
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Virtuoso
A highly skilled singer or instrumentalist, capable of performing technically difficult music
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Card 2

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A very short ornamental note played just before a note

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Acciaccatura

Card 3

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Low Female Voice

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Card 4

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A chord in which the notes are played one after the other e.g C E G

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Card 5

Front

In pop music this refers to accenting beats 2 and 4

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