Theory

Rubato

________- performer has the freedom to relax the tempo.

Hemiola

________- Gives the impression of music speeding up, but instead, they are the changing of time signature.

Polyrhythm

________- two or more rhythms with different pulses are heard together.

Triads of a key

________ are shown using roman numerals.

Augmentation

________- musical idea repeated with note values doubled.

Diminuition

________- musical idea repeated with note values halved.

Triplets

________- three notes played in the time of two.

arpeggio

A(n) ________ is the rising and falling melody using the notes of a chord.

Scales

________ are sets of notes ordered by increasing or decreasing pitch.

Anacrusis

________- Musical phrase starting just before the bar line.

Ostinatos

________ are repeating patterns /motifs.

Syncopation

________- notes held over beats, instead of only offbeats.

Pedals

________ are single notes which are held on or repeated in bass parts.

Harmonic minors

________ use the relative major and raise the seventh note.

Drones

________ are held or repeated chords through a piece of music.

Broken chords

________ are alterations of the first, third, and fifth degrees of a scale.

Accent

________: emphasis on a particular note.

Compound time

________ is where each beat is a dotted note, for example, 6 /8, 9 /8 and 12 /8.

Ground bass

________ is used in baroque music.

Atonal music

________- not related to tonic, no sense of key.

Diatonic melodies

________ are based on major and minor scales.

Chromatic melodies

________ are notes outside the music key.

I

tonic

IV

subdominant

V

dominant

Perfect cadences are V

I

They are IV

I

Tonal music

major or minor key

Atonal music

not related to tonic, no sense of key

Modal music

in a mode

Fairly slow

at walking pace

Syncopation

notes held over beats, instead of only offbeats

Cross rhythm

two conflicting rhythms heard together

Polyrhythm

two or more rhythms with different pulses are heard together

Triplets

three notes played in the time of two

Hemiola

Gives the impression of music speeding up, but instead, they are the changing of time signature

Diminuition

musical idea repeated with note values halved

Augmentation

musical idea repeated with note values doubled

Offbeats

the weaker beats of the bar

Anacrusis

Musical phrase starting just before the bar line

Rubato

performer has the freedom to relax the tempo

Crescendo

getting louder

Diminuendo

getting quieter

Pianissimo

very quiet

Piano

quiet

Fortissimo

very loud

Forte

loud

Mezzo forte

fairly loud

Mezzo piano

fairly quiet

Sforzando

sudden accent

Accent

emphasis on a particular note

A boys high unbroken voice

sometimes refers to a boy soprano

Notes

1 Tonic 2 Supertonic 3 Median 4 Subdominant 5 Dominant 6 Submediant 7 Leading note