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Melody
Meter
Harmony
Form
Style
100
The overall shape of a melodic line. It can move upward, downward, or remain static.
What is contour.
100
Meter containing four beats to the measure, with a primary accent on the first beat and a secondary accent on the third.
What is quadruple meter
100
Common chord type, consisting of three pitches built on alternate tones of the scale (e.g. steps 1-3-5, or do-mi-so).
What is a triad
100
Three part form, A-B-A
What is ternary
100
Single-voiced texture, using no harmonic accompaniment.
What is monophony / monophonic
200
An accompanying melody sounded against the principal melody.
What is counter-melody
200
Meters in which the beat has a duple subdivision.
What are simple meters.
200
Chord built on the fifth scale step, the V chord.
What is the Dominant
200
Two part form: A-B
What is binary
200
One musical line set against another.
What is polyphony / counterpoint
300
Disjointed or disconnected melody with many leaps.
What is disjunct
300
A deliberate upsetting of the normal patterns or accents in a meter.
What is syncopation
300
Combination of tones that sounds discordant and unstable, in need of resolution.
What is dissonance / dissonant
300
A melodic idea used as a building block in the construction of a larger musical work.
What is a theme
300
A texture in which a single voice takes over the melodic interest, while the accompanying lines are subordinate.
What is homophony / homophonic
400
Broken chord in which the individual tones are sounded one after another instead of simultaneously.
What is an arpeggio
400
Meters in which the beat is evenly divided into three.
What are compound meters
400
Defines the relationship of tones with a common center or tonic.
What is key
400
The smallest fragment of a theme that forms a melodic-rhythmic unit.
What is a motive
400
A texture where all the voices or lines move together in the same rhythm.
What is homorhythm
500
Resting place in a musical phrase; musical punctuation.
What is a cadence
500
Music that moves without any strong sense of beat or meter. Early plainchant is a great example of this...
What is nonmetric
500
The process of changing from one key to another.
What is modulation
500
A short musical pattern (melodic, rhythmic, or harmonic) that is repeated throughout a work or a major section of a work.
What is an ostinato
500
A melodic idea stated in one voice and then restated in another.
What is imitation