music theory 3 flashcards

subject

a short melody, stated at the beginning in one voice, immediately imitated by other voices, will be stated many times throughout the fugue

answer

imitation of the subject in another key

real answer

an exact transposition of the subject in another key

tonal answer

an imitation of the subject with modified intervals

countersubject

a contrasting melody that is stated in the first voice immediately after the subject as the second voice imitates the subject

exposition

a section where the subject is stated at least one in each voice

episode

a section that doesn’t have a statement of the subject

bridge

a short passage at the beginning of the second entrance of the subject

link

short interpolations between the subject/answer

continuous binary form

when the first section of a binary form does not end on the tonic chord

sectional form

when the section ends with an authentic cadence or PAC in the original key

rounded binary

A section (or head of A section) comes bak

balanced binary

A material doesn’t return but there’s a similar section at the end/ a little glimpse of A

monte

ascending sequence

fonte

descending sequence

N6 chord

same thing as bII6 chord (first inversion!)

augmented 6 chord

dominant, then half step above and below

italian 6 chord

augmented 6 plus tonic

french 6 chord

italian plus scale degree 2 (#4 1 2 b6)

german 6 chord

italian plus scale degree b3 (#4 b3 1 b6)

6/5 inversion

first inversion seventh chord

4/3 inversion

second inversion seventh chord

4/2 inversion

third inversion seventh chord

6/3 inversion

first inversion triad

6/4 inversion

second inversion triad