Musical Features + Styles
What is 'gospel'?
Songs written with religious lyrics in a popular style.
A solo passage in a concerto
Cadenza
'A player rapidly changing between two notes which are a step apart' is a ____.
Trill
What is a sequence?
A melodic phrase which is repeated at a higher or lower pitch.
When the speed gets gradually slower
Rallentando
Nonsense words and sounds used for improvising
Scat Singing
A bassline which features a 'low-high-middle-high' structure
Alberti Bass
A very short accented note before a longer note and is a feature of strathspeys.
Scotch snap
Describe syncopation?
Accented notes are played off or against the beat.
Where all parts play the same melody but begin at different times.
Canon
The note(s) before the first strong beat of a phrase.
Anacrusis
A Scottish dance with 6/8 time signature
Jig
A solo piece for bagpipes
Pibroch