Texture
This is the same texture as in pop music.
Homophonic
pitch 1 or chord I in any key. Feels like home.
Tonic
Very fast
Presto
The distance in pitch between two notes
Interval
a multi-movement piece of music for orchestra.
Symphony
all the pitches of a chord played at the same time
Block cord
Pitch 5 or chord V in any key.
Dominant
Fast
Allegro
Two pitches that are next to each other in a scale
Step
a multi-movement piece of music for solo instrument and orchestra.
Concerto
the pitches of a chord separated a little in time
Broken chord
A chord structured only in intervals of a third.
Root position
Waking pace
Andante
Two pitches that are not next to each other in a scale
Leap
a multi-movement piece of music for two violins, viola and cello
String quartet
Any repetitive pattern applied to successive broken chords
Figuration
A chord that is not in root position
Inversion
Slow and sad
Lento
The smallest interval commonly used in western music
Half step (semitone)
a sung, staged play accompanied by orchestra
Opera
A “low, high, middle, high” figuration
Alberti bass
Chords I, IV and V.these chords together clearly support the key.
Primary chords
Slow and calm
Adagio
a dark sounding scale with a WHWWH(W+H)H pattern of whole, half steps and one interval of a whole step and a half step
Harmonic minor scale
a multi-movement piece of music for solo instrument or solo instrument with piano accompaniment
Sonata