Melodic Procedures
Form
Bass Figures
Functions and Progressions
Nonharmonic Tones
100
This is when a musical fragment is repeated, beginning on a different pitch.
What is a sequence?
100
The antecedent and consequent phrases begin the same way.
What is a parallel period?
100
the figure for a first inversion triad
What is '6?'
100
Any chord that functions to lead the listener to the tonic.
What is the dominant?
100
a NHT that moves stepwise between two different pitches
What is a passing tone?
200
This is when the rhythms of a musical fragment are doubled, or otherwise increased with a set proportion.
What is augmentation?
200
A type of form where a particular section of music is repeated, but separated by different sections that are unrelated to each other.
What is a rondo?
200
the figure for a half-diminished triad in second inversion - be specific!
What is "no such thing."
200
a change of tonal center
What is modulation?
200
a NHT that precedes a HT of the same pitch in the same voice
What is an anticipation?
300
This is when each interval of a melody goes the opposite direction from the original statement, but by the same amount (3rd or 5th, etc.).
What is melodic inversion?
300
The Italian word for 'end,' it is often found there in musical pieces.
What is 'coda?'
300
This figure indicates a melodic movement from the octave to the seventh.
What is 8-7?
300
the term for the 6th scale degree
What is submediant?
300
a NHT that is preceded by a HT of the same pitch in the same voice and resolves downward
What is a suspension?
400
This is when a subject is written backwards in relation to the other voices.
What is retrograde?
400
When the ending of one phrase serves as the beginning of the next.
What is elision?
400
This is indicated by a slash or a plus.
What is raised interval above the bass?
400
a cadence in which the dominant does not lead to tonic
What is a deceptive cadence?
400
a NHT that is preceded by a HT of the same pitch in the same voice and resolves upward
What is a retardation?
500
The term used to describe melodic intervals that are surprising, often unpleasantly.
What is disjunct?
500
The form which has no repetition or development.
What is through-composed?
500
The figure that represents the pitches (from low to high) F, G, B, D.
What is 4/2?
500
a second inversion triad that has the same pitch class in the bass as the preceding and following chords
What is a pedal 6/4?
500
a NHT that is approached by leap and resolves by step, which occurs on the change of harmony (or on a strong beat)
What is an appoggiatura?
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