General Concepts Flashcards by Chris Shearer

Q

Staccato

A

Short detached notes

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Legato

A

Notes which are played/sung smoothly

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Pedal

A

Note which is sustained/repeated in the bass

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Inverted Pedal

A

Note which is sustained or repeated in an upper part

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Arpeggio

A

Notes of a chord played one after the other

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Contrary Motion

A

Parts moving in opposite directions

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Discord

A

A chord with notes that clash

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Perfect Cadence

A

Music sounds finished

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Imperfect Cadence

A

Music doesn’t sound finished

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Modulation

A

Change of key

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Countermelody

A

Melody that plays alongside the main melody

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Imitation

A

Melody is copied by another instrument/voice

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Anacrusis

A

Music before the first beat of the bar

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Octave

A

Example – distance between low C and high C

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Chromatic

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Moving in semitones

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