Melody/Harmony !!

Pentatonic scale?

five note scale

Vamp?

a rhythmic accompaniment with a bass note played on the beat and a chord off the beat

Scat singing?

nonsense words and sounds are made up by the singer. used mainly in jazz.

Ornament?

decorating a melody by adding short notes.

Atonal Tonality

music that has no defined tonality or modal key

Perfect cadences?

sound as though the music has come to an end.

Imperfect cadences?

sound unfinished. They sound as though they want to carry on to complete the music

Inverted pedal?

A note which is held on or repeated continuously at a high pitch

Ascending?

notes which rise in pitch

Descending?

notes which fall in pitch

Stepwise?

moving up or down between notes which are next to each other

Leaping?

moving between notes which are not next to each other

Repetition?

an exact repeat of a musical idea

Sequence?

a melodic phrase which is repeated at a higher or lower pitch

Question and Answer?

a musical phrase (question) which is followed by another (answer). These phrases usually balance each other

Improvisation?

making it up during the performance

Discord?

a chord in which certain notes clash

Chord change?

a move from one chord to a different chord

Major Tonality?

sounds bright and happy

Minor Tonality?

sounds subdued, sad

Drone?

a note held on or repeated in the bass

arpeggio (broken chord)

playing the notes of a chord one by one

Change of key?

a move from one key to another key

Pedal?

A held note or repeated notes in the bass beneath changing upper parts.

Scale?

a set of notes moving by step

Chromatic?

notes which move by the interval of a semitone

Whole tone scale

A scale where every interval is a tone. It sounds vague.

Grace note?

a type of ornament played as a quick, crushed note before the main note of a melody.

Glissando?

Sliding from one note to another

Modulation?

a change of key

Contrary motion?

Two parts which move in opposite directions

Trill ?

Moving quickly and repeatedly between adjacent notes.

Syllabic ?

Vocal music where each note is given one syllable.

Mellismatic?

Vocal music where several notes are sung to each syllable

Countermelody?

A melody played against the main melody

Descant (voice)

A melody which is sung above the main melody.

Pitch bend?

Changing the pitch of a note, for example by pushing a guitar string upwards.

Tone

Two semitones

Semitone

Smallest distance between two notes