Music - Texture, Tempo, Rhythm, Metre and Dynamics - Appendix C
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Monophonic
melody without accompaniment
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Homophonic
Melody with accompaniment
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Polyphonic
Many sounds together
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2, 3 or 4 part textures
Different layers of music
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Unison
sounding together
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Chordal
music consists of a series of chords
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Imitation
copying phrases of music
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Layered
Different layers of music
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Melody and accompaniment
Melody supported by
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chordal accompaniment.
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Countermelody
An accompanying melody
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Descant
high melody above the main melody
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Round
rounded music
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Canon
When music is repeated by another instrument but starts at a different time
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Drone
A sustained tone
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Alberti bass
An accompaniment derived from broken chords.
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Stab chords
staccato chords that add dramatic impact to the music
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Walking bass
a bass line that moves at a moderate pace
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Allegro
fast
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Vivace
fast
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Allegretto
moderately fast
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Moderato
Moderately paced
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Andante
walking pace
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Adagio
slow
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Lento
slow
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Accelerando
gradually getting faster
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Ritardando
gradually getting slower
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Rallentando
gradually slower
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Rubato
Flexible tempo
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Puase
A break in the music
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Semibreve
4 beats
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Minim
2 beats
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Crotchet
1 beat
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Quaver
1/2 beat
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Semiquaver
1/4 beat
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Dotted
Add half the note value to the note
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Syncopation
Off beats
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swing rhythm
notes with equal written time values are performed with unequal durations
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On the beat
Keeps with the music and counting
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Off-beat
unusual musical pattern
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Triplet
3 lines
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Associated rests
Every note duration has an equivalent rest
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Driving rhythms
Rhythms that push the music forward
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Dance rhythms
rhythms usually faster than heartbeats and associated with dance
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Rock rhythms
Rhythms at the speed of heartbeats and associated with rock music
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Regular metre
a time signature where all the beats are the same length
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Irregular metre
Time signature where beats are grouped in uneven mixtures of two and three
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Accent
Emphasise the note
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simple time
2/4, 3/4, 4/4
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Compound time
6/8
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Pianissimo
very quiet
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Piano
quiet
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Mezzo piano
moderately quiet
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Forte
loud
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Fortissimo
very loud
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Crescendo
gradually louder
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Diminuendo
gradually quieter
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Sforzando
Sudden strong accent
