Purcell - Key Terms 0.0 / 5 ? MusicKey TermsGCSEEdexcel Created by: Alex_04Created on: 18-09-19 16:21 Ternary Form A piece consisiting of 3 sections - the 3rd section is normally a literal or varied repeat of the 1st 1 of 23 Da capo Aria A lyrical song in ternary form in A-B-A, commonly found in operas 2 of 23 Countertenor A type of classical male singing voice whose vocal range is equivalent to a female alto voice 3 of 23 Basso continuo Means continuous bass and is a feature of western musical harmony that thinks from the bottom up 4 of 23 Figured bass A kind of musical notation in which numbers and symbols (usually accidentals) indicate intervals, chords and non-chord tones... 5 of 23 Trio sonata A genre of music for 3 instruments that was very popular during the Classical era 6 of 23 Viol A bowed instrument that was common in the 16th and 17th centuries that had 6 strings and was fretted in a similar way to lutes 7 of 23 Ornaments Things that decorate the music and are not essential to carry the overall line of the melody 8 of 23 Mordent A type of ornament where more than one notes are played quickly in a certain order e.g. C, D, C, D 9 of 23 Appoggiatura A type of ornament where a note is played quickly before another and takes half the value of the note 10 of 23 Word setting The way in which words are set to music 11 of 23 Syllabic One syllable per note 12 of 23 Melismatic More than one syllable per note 13 of 23 Word painting When the lyrics reflect what the music is doing e.g. "leap" and the background music plays a higher note 14 of 23 Arpeggiated A chord with notes in rapid succession, usually ascending 15 of 23 Tierce de Picardie A major third in the final chord of a piece in a minor key 16 of 23 Suspension Creating tension by prolonging a conconant note while the underlying harmony changes 17 of 23 False Relation A type of dissonance that sometimes occurs in polyphonic music, most commonly in vocal music of the Renaissance period 18 of 23 Passing notes A non-harmonic note that appears between two notes 19 of 23 Trill Fast repetition of 2 notes that lasts as long as the value of the note e.g. minim - 2 beats 20 of 23 Acciaccaturas A type of ornament that does not take any value of the note after it and looks like an appoggiatura with a line through it 21 of 23 Melodic slide A musical ornament often found in baroque music. It tells the performer to start two or three acle steps below the marked note and slide upwards 22 of 23 Walking bass A bass part in 4/4 time in which a note is played on each beat of the bar and which typically moves up and down the scale in small steps 23 of 23
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