Music Theory.
A chord containing the notes C, E♭, G is this type of triad.
What is a minor triad?
Prelude, Fugue, and Riffs was written by this American composer, also famous for West Side Story.
Who is Leonard Bernstein?
This type of non-chord tone is approached by step and resolves by step in the same direction, connecting two chord tones a third apart.
What is a passing note?
The Italian term meaning to gradually get louder.
What is crescendo?
To identify whether a key is major or minor when looking at a score, you should look for this in the music, beyond just the key signature.
What is a raised 7th (accidentals/raised leading note)?
A chord built on the 5th degree of the scale, often creating tension that resolves to the tonic.
What is a dominant (V) chord?
This term describes the texture of a single melody with harmonic accompaniment, common in Classical period works.
What is homophony (homophonic texture)?
A V–I cadence at the end of a phrase, giving a strong sense of completion, is called this.
What is a perfect cadence?
This Italian term instructs the performer to play smoothly and connectedly.
What is legato?
A key signature of four flats could indicate this major key or its relative minor.
What is Ab major or F minor?
A passage where the music moves away from the home key is called this.
What is a modulation?
In Bernstein's Fugue, jazz rhythmic devices like syncopation and swing are layered over a strict contrapuntal structure. The term for when a rhythmic accent falls on a normally weak beat or between beats is this.
What is syncopation?
This non-chord tone is held over from one chord into the next and then resolves downward by step to a chord tone.
What is a suspension?
The Italian term for a performance direction meaning the performer has freedom to vary the tempo expressively.
What is rubato?
This is the term for when music travels through several different keys within a single passage.
What is modulation?
When a piece modulates from C major to G major, it has moved to this key relationship.
What is the dominant key (or relative dominant)?
This Baroque composer wrote the Brandenburg Concertos.
Who is J.S. Bach?
This ornament consists of rapidly alternating between a note and the note a step above it.
What is a trill?
A V–I cadence at the end of a phrase, giving a strong sense of completion, is called this.
What is a perfect cadence?