Texture and Melody - AoS3

?
  • Created by: swebb99
  • Created on: 15-03-16 14:14
Intervals Within the Octave
The distance in pitch between 2 different notes in a scale.
1 of 23
Conjuct
Melodies that move by step with a mix of upwards and downwards movements.
2 of 23
Disjunct
A melody line that is full of leaps.
3 of 23
Triadic
When the notes from the chord are being played successively in the melody line.
4 of 23
Scalic
A melodic line that is built from scale patterns.
5 of 23
Arpeggio
When the melody takes the 3 notes of a triad and plays them in a rising or descending order.
6 of 23
Passing Notes
A note in a melody that connects 2 notes that are part of the harmony.
7 of 23
Acciaccaturas
An ornament which is used to decorate or embellish a note.
8 of 23
Appoggiaturas
A grace note known as the `leaning note` which delays the next notes of the melody and take half or more of the written value.
9 of 23
Blue Notes
Notes found in jazz styles and some notes are played a semitone lower.
10 of 23
Diatonic
A 7 note scale which has 5 tones and 2 semitones to arrive at the note an octave higher than where it started.
11 of 23
Chromatic
A scale using all 12 notes of a piano keyboard.
12 of 23
Pentatonic
A scale which only uses 5 notes.
13 of 23
Whole Tone
A scale where every step from one note to the next is a whole tone.
14 of 23
Modal
Music based around a major or minor scale and the mode is the seven note scale.
15 of 23
Sequence
When a melodic phrase is immediately repeated at a different pitch.
16 of 23
Inversion
When a tune is turned upside down.
17 of 23
Slide/Glissando/Portamento
Sliding from one note to another.
18 of 23
Ornamentation
The decoration or embellishment of the melodic line.
19 of 23
Ostinato
A short rhythmic or melodic phrase that is repeated a number of times in succession.
20 of 23
Phrasing, Articulation
Bringing character to a piece
21 of 23
Pitch Bend
Notes played with a deliberate change of pitch
22 of 23
Improvisation
When a musician invents new musical ideas on the spot during a performance.
23 of 23

Other cards in this set

Card 2

Front

Melodies that move by step with a mix of upwards and downwards movements.

Back

Conjuct

Card 3

Front

A melody line that is full of leaps.

Back

Preview of the back of card 3

Card 4

Front

When the notes from the chord are being played successively in the melody line.

Back

Preview of the back of card 4

Card 5

Front

A melodic line that is built from scale patterns.

Back

Preview of the back of card 5
View more cards

Comments

No comments have yet been made

Similar Music resources:

See all Music resources »See all Area of Study 3 - Melody resources »