music glossary 3.0 / 5 based on 1 rating ? MusicGCSEEdexcel Created by: RachelCreated on: 23-04-13 16:59 texture - a single melodic line with no accompaniment monophonic 1 of 40 a large scale musical setting for choruses, soloists and orchestra of a biblical text oratorio 2 of 40 a bent note between the minor and major third blue note 3 of 40 fifth note of the scale or key dominant 4 of 40 a linking passage to change the key of the music (modulate) in preparation for the second subject bridge passage 5 of 40 a strong reinforcement of a 4/4 beat by a bass drum four to the floor 6 of 40 music that is learnt by listening and repeating oral tradition 7 of 40 goblet shaped from west africa djembe 8 of 40 a note repeated of sustained across chord changing often creating a dissonance drone 9 of 40 a sustained note usually in the lowest bass part pedal 10 of 40 electronically boosting or cutting specific frequencies in sound EQ 11 of 40 chord 5 followed by chord 1 perfect cadence 12 of 40 texture - two or more parts playing the same melodic line simultaneously with small variations between parts heterophonic 13 of 40 a group of 6 notes used as a chord hexichord 14 of 40 texture - melody + accompaniment homophonic 15 of 40 a method of developing a series by turning all the intervals upside down inversion 16 of 40 when two or more versions of a sound or musical motif are played simultaniously but slightly out of synchronisation phasing 17 of 40 chord 4 followed by chord 1 plagal cadence 18 of 40 texture- 2+ parts each having a melody line all playing together polyphonic 19 of 40 a new melody produced when a variety of parts each play their melodies at the same time resultant melody 20 of 40 a method of developing a series by revering the order in which notes are heard retrograde 21 of 40 the reflection of sound off surfaces to give the impression of space reverb 22 of 40 classical form ABACA rondo 23 of 40 a large scale from invented in the classical era comprising 3 sections sonata form 24 of 40 the first section of sonata form exposition 25 of 40 second section of sonata form developement 26 of 40 third section of sonata form recapitualtion 27 of 40 a playing technique mainly used on guitars to glide from one note to another sliding 28 of 40 a triad with the major and minor third replaced by the second degree of the scale sus2 chord 29 of 40 a triad with the major and minor third replaced by the fourth degree of the scale sus4 scale 30 of 40 notes accented off the beat syncopations 31 of 40 means 'robbed' time tempo rubato 32 of 40 a three part structure in ABA ternary form 33 of 40 technique used in African drumming involving a solo followed by a group response call and response 34 of 40 repeated ostinato ground bass 35 of 40 hourglass shaped drum held under the arm played with 1 hand dundun 36 of 40 double headed drum played with sticks donno 37 of 40 a ryhthm made up of many different ryhthms polyrhythm 38 of 40 result of rhythms crossing the usual pattern of accented and unaccented beats creating regular accents and syncopated effects cross rhythm 39 of 40 percussion instrument used in the beginning of 'Yiri' to play the tune balaphone 40 of 40
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