Musical Features
Describe a 'Scots ballad'
Sung in Scottish that tells a story
A solo sung in operatic style
Aria
I am a dance in compound time
Jig
A woodwind instrument commonly used in Jazz improvisation
Saxophone
Decorating a melody by adding short notes is called an ______
Ornament
What is a sequence?
A melodic phrase which is repeated at a higher or lower pitch.
When the volume gets gradually quieter
Diminuendo
Clarsach
A held note or repeated notes in the bass beneath changing upper parts.
Pedal
A bassline which features a 'low-high-middle-high' structure
Alberti Bass
A very short accented note before a longer note and is a feature of strathspeys.
Scotch snap
A female voice of medium pitch
Mezzo-soprano
Describe syncopation?
Accented notes are played off or against the beat.
Where all parts play the same melody but begin at different times.
Canon
The note(s) before the first strong beat of a phrase.
Anacrusis
Main percussion instrument in Indian music
Tabla
A scale which moves by semitone
Chromatic
A section in popular music which provides a contrast to the opening section.
Middle 8
Tempo 'to move freely'
Rubato
A playing technique which uses a mute
Con sordino