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Conjuct
Stepwise movement
Disjunct
Non stepwise movement
Dissonance
Clashing / unpleasant chords
Drone
Sustain of a note or interval in non classical music
Ground bass
Repeating phrase in bass
Melodic device
Compositional method for melody ( eg arpeggio, conjunct)
Ornamentation
Elaborating musical line (mordants, trills)
Ostinato
Repeated Musical pattern
Pedal note
Not played in bass insulation tonic or dominant
Riff
Same as ostinato but for pop music
Sequence
Repetition of melody
Theme
Melody all of piece based on
Atonal
Not in key
Modal
Tonality based on modes
Mode
Scale
Pentatonic
Based on 5 note scale
Binary
Two sections
Rondo
ABACA
Sonata form
Classical period - exposition, development, recapitulation
ternary form
Three sections
Sonority
Nature / quality of music sounds
Articulation
Way note is played (kinda) eg- staccato
Basso continuo
Bass line in barque (low string instruments)
Heterophony
Two+ parts playing same melodic line simultaneously
Homophony
Melody with accompaniment
Monophonic
one melody
Polyphonic
Many sounds together
Imitation
Share the same melodic idea (imitating melodic idea)
Swung rhythm
Two notes of same value 'swung ' usually in jazz
Syncopation
Strong note occurring on weak beat of bar
