Higher Music Categories

Styles

100

Solo bagpipe

Pibroch

200

NATIONAL 5 Styles played by an orchestra

Symphony, concerto

300

HIGHER LEVEL Classical instrumental styles

Sonata, String quartet, chamber music

400

HIGHER LEVEL Modern era (20th/21st Century) styles

Jazz funk, soul, musique concrete, impressionist

500

HIGHER LEVEL Classical Vocal styles

Lied, Plainchant, Oratorio, Mass, Recitative

Melody/Harmony

100

HIGHER LEVEL tonality

Mode/modal

200

Word Setting

Melismatic, syllabic

300

Ornaments

Trill, Acciaccatura (Grace note), Mordent

400

HIGHER LEVEL chords

Added 6th, Dominant 7th, Diminished triad, Diminished 7th

500

Cadences

Perfect cadence, imperfect cadence, plagal cadence, interrupted cadence, tierce de picardie

Rhythm/Tempo

100

HIGHER LEVEL specific cross rhythm

3 against 2

200

HIGHER LEVEL ways to describe a time signature

Irregular meter, changing time signatures

300

Changing tempo

Accelerando, Ritardando/Rallentando, Rubato

400

Tempo

Agadio, andante, moderato, allegro

500

Common time signatures (6)

2/4, 3/4, 4/4, 6/8, 9/8, 12/8

Texture/Structure/Form

100

Structure of a sonata

Sonata form

200

HIGHER LEVEL sections of a sonata

Exposition, subject

300

Texture

Homophonic, Polyphonic, Contrapuntal

400

Bass Lines

Walking bass, alberti bass, ground bass, basso continuo

500

Form (6)

Binary, Ternary, Rondo, Strophic, Theme and Variation, Through-composed

Timbre

100

Baroque keyboard instrument

Harpsichord

200

Electronic effects

Distortion, reverb

300

Instrumental sections of a concerto grosso

Concertino, ripieno, basso continuo

400

Voice types (6)

Soprano, mezzo-soprano, alto, tenor baritone, bass

500

Playing techniques (7)

Arco, Pizzicato, Flutter tonguing, con sordino, harmonics, tremolando, rolls