Texture
All the pitches of a chord played at the same time
Block chord
A multi-movement piece of music for orchestra
Symphony
Pitch 5 or chord V in any key
Dominant
Connect the notes smoothly
Legato
The distance in pitch between two notes
Interval
A "low, high, middle, high" figuration
Alberti Bass
A multi-movement piece of music for two violins, viola and cello
String quartet
A chord that is not in root position
Inversion
Adding the duration of more than one note together to make a longer pitch
Tie
Two pitches that are not next to each other in a scale
Leap
The pitches of a chord separated a little in time
Broken chord
A sung, staged play accompanied by orchestra
Opera
Pitch 1 or chord I in any key. Feels like home
Tonic
Get gradually louder
Crescendo
The smallest interval commonly used in western music
Half step (semitone)
Any repetitive pattern applied to successive broken chords
Figuration
A multi-movement piece of music for solo instrument and orchestra
Concerto
Chords I, IV and V. These chords together clearly support the key
Primary Chords
Separate the notes (detached)
Staccato
A set of symbols at the start of the written music which shows the key of the music
Key signature
This is the same texture as in pop music
Homophonic (melody with accompaniment)
A multi-movement piece of music for solo instrument or solo instrument with piano accompaniment
Sonata
A chord structured only in intervals of a third
Root position
Get gradually quieter
Diminuendo
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