Articulation
Smooth and connected
Legato
A single melodic line with possible percussion accompaniment
Monophonic
IV to I
Plagal
Increasing the duration of the notes in a melody
Augmentation
Playing the notes of a chord separately
Arpeggiate
Detached
Staccato
A single melody with chordal accompaniment
Homophonic
IV to V
Half
Decreasing the duration of the notes in a melody
Diminution
Repeating a motive or melody but starting on a different note
Sequence
With emphasis, heavy, weighted, markedly
Marcato
Multiple voices playing the same rhythm
Homorhythmic
V to I with the tonic in the soprano voice
Perfect Authentic
Reversing the direction of the intervals in a melody
Inversion
A sustained note above or below music with pitch rhythmic variety
Pedal
Full duration of the note and possibly longer with rubato
Tenuto
Two or more independent melodic lines occurring at the same time
Polyphonic
V to vi
Deceptive
Reversing the order of the notes in a melody
Retrograde
Repeating a melody in another voice shortly after its first appearance
Imitation
Muted
Apagado
Two or more instruments or voices improvising to the same melody
Heterophonic
vii0 in first inversion to I
Imperfect Authentic
Reversing the direction of the intervals and the order of the notes in a melody
Retrograde Inversion
Continually repeating melodic, chordal and/or rhythmic figure
Ostinato