Melody
The distance in pitch between two notes
Interval
A sung, staged play accompanied by orchestra
Opera
Get gradually quieter
Diminuendo
All the pitches of a chord played at the same time
Block chord
A phrase that does not end on the tonic and so sounds incomplete
Question Phrase
Two pitches that are next to each other in a scale
Step
A multi-movement piece of music for two violins, viola and cello
String quartet
Connect the notes smoothly
Legato
Very fast
Presto
A chord that is not in root position
Inversion
Whole step (tone)
A small ensemble of four players
Quartet
Adding the duration of more than one note together to make a longer pitch
Tie
Slow and calm
Adagio
A three-part musical form where the first section (A) is repeated after the second section (B) ends, ABA
Ternary
The smallest interval commonly used in western music
Half step (semitone)
A multi-movement piece of music for solo instrument and orchestra
Concerto
Slightly loud
Mezzo Forte
Any repetitive pattern applied to successive broken chords
Figuration
Pitch 5 or chord V in any key
Dominant
A dark sounding scale with a WHWWH (W+H) H pattern of whole, half steps and one interval of a whole step and half step.
Harmonic minor scale
A multi-movement piece of music for solo instrument or solo instrument with piano accompaniment
Sonata
A rhythmic dot makes a note 50% longer
Dot
A "low, high, middle, high" figuration
Alberti Bass
A chord structured only in intervals of a third
Root position