AP Music Theory Terms

Cadence

Cadence

Cadential extension

Coda

Codetta

Contour

Countermelody

Elision (phrase elision)

Fragment (fragmented motive)

Introduction

Bridge

Chorus

Song form (ABBA)

Turnaround

Twelve-bar blues

Augmentation

Conjunct

Diminution

Disjunction

Extended version, phrase extension

Fragmentation

Internal expansion

Inversion, melodic inversion

Literal repetition

Motivic transformation

Octave displacement

Retrograde

Rhythmic transformation

Sequence

Sequential repetition

Shortened version

Transposition

Truncation

Motive

Atecedent

Consequent

Contrasting period

Double period

Parallel period

Phrase group

Refrain

Binary

Rounded binary

Ternary

Solo, soli

Stanza

Strophic

Thematic transformation

Through-composed

Tutti

Variation

Verse