Melody
Used to describe a melody that moves by step
What is conjunct?
A section of a song that, when repeated, has the same music but different lyrics
What is a verse?
Melody and accompaniment, or choral texture
What is homophony?
Music typical of the period between around 1810 and 1910
What is Romantic music?
Used when the melody moves in semitones
What is chromatic movement?
What is allegretto?
The final section of a movement, or piece, tagged onto the end
What is a coda?
The same music in one part is repeated exactly in another, starting at different times to overlap and create harmony.
What is a canon?
A style of music originating from the West Indies in the 1970s. Artists include Bob Marley.
Examples include trills, mordents, turns and appoggiaturas.
What is ornamentation?
Strong accents are shifted off the beat (often used in pop, rock, and jazz music)
Texture is a single line, for a soloist or unison musicians
What is monophony?
Music intended for a small group of performers, regarded as soloists on equal terms
What is chamber music?
A note that comes before the first strong beat in a passage of music
What is an anacrusis?
The main beat is a dotted crotchet beat
What is compound time?
The same note is sustained or repeated, above or below changing chords
What is a pedal (or pedal note)?
What is soul music?
An extra melody, with its own character, played alongside the main theme
What is a countermelody?
Unequal performance of notes giving a triplet/dotted rhythm feel to quaver beats, often used in jazz music
What are swing (or swung) rhythms?
What is a Strophic piece?
A decorative countermelody, higher in pitch that the main melody
What is a descant?
What is Bhangra?