Form & Function
Along with the IV, the main function of this chord is pre-dominant.
What is the "ii" chord?
This type of movement between any two voices is the most commonly labeled error as it eliminates the independence of each line.
What are "parallel fifths" or "parallel octaves"?
This term describes a major I chord at a cadence in a piece originally in minor.
What is a "Picardy third"?
When traditionally bowed instruments are asked to pluck the strings.
What is "pizzicato"?
This "dog" sounds like a minor scale with a major 6th degree.
What is the "Dorian mode"?
This is the common name for the seventh degree of the major scale.
What is the "leading tone"?
What are "oblique" and "contrary" motion?
Unlike syllabic vocal writing, this kind allows for multiple notes to occur on a single syllable.
What is "melismatic"?
This unwavering musical figure could be described as stubborn as a bull.
What is an "ostinato"?
An unwavering bass line that connects chord tones with chromatic neighbor and passing tones could be described as such.
What is a "walking bass"?
You could also label this form | A | BA' |
What is "rounded binary"?
It's generally expected that chordal sevenths will regularly do this.
What is "resolve down"?
To some, a co-op shooter game, but to us, another term for a pickup measure.
What is an "anacrusis"?
Literally "texture", this term describes the general range of an instrument or melody.
What is "tessitura"?
What is the "12-bar blues"?
This very specific term denotes a iv6-V progression at the end of a phrase.
What is a "Phrygian half cadence"?
Along with cadential and pedal, this is the third general type of "approved" second inversion chords, owing to their instability.
What is "passing"?
Unlike homophony, which is the most common type of texture in classical music, this is the least common type of texture.
What is "heterophonic"?
This term describes the non-chord tone with a characteristic "leap-step" motion.
What is an "appoggiatura"?
What is "swing"?
What is a "secondary leading tone"?
Similar motion involving leaps to perfect octaves in the outside voices almost always results in this error.
What is a "direct or hidden octave"?
While not a primary theme, this is a secondary melodic line the composer insists you perform regardless.
What is an "obbligato"?
Meaning "layers", this is a common device in composing fugues.
What is "stretto"?
Particularly popular in Rennaissance music, this term denotes what happens when two voices perform the same note but with different chromatic alterations.
What is a "false relation"?