Music Vocab

IGCSE

Word Painting

The music is composed to match the lyrics

Melismatic

• Multiple notes Per syllable

• Part Of Word Setting

• Melody

Syllabic

• One Note per Syllable

• Melody

• Part Of Word Setting

Word Setting

• Is it Syllabic or Melismatic

• Melody

Sequence

Repeated Pattern that moves Up or down

• Melody

Circle of Fifths

5-1 chord Progression

• YOU ALWAYS GO BACK ONE NOTE WHEN COUNTING

• Harmony

Homophonic

More than one layer, together Playing the same thing

• Texture

Monophonic

One line going all throughout

• Texture

Polyphonic

More than one layer (Playing different things)

• Texture

Chord Extention

• Extra notes added to make the piece more fancier and interesting

• Harmony

Vocalising

Using your voice to create sounds or sing

• Melody

Compound Time Signuture

3 smaller beats split from 2 beats

• Rhythm

Heterphonic

More than one layer playing similar things

• Texture

Melody Dominated Homophony

Melody & Chords together

• Texture

Syncapation

Asserted off beat - Rhythm

Conjunct

Movement of melody in steps

Disjunct

Movement of melody in leaps

Cadence

Ends of a phrase - Generally 2 or more chords

• Harmony

Perfect Cadence

5 - 1

• Harmony

Imperfect

V

• 5 anything

• Harmony

Plagal Cadence

4 - 5

Interrupted Cadence

5 - 6

• Harmony

Basso Ostinato

Repeated Baseline

Anacrusis

Up beat - Melody

Tonal Ambiguity

Key signute is unclear

Guitar techniques

Vivrato

Describe the movement of the bass guitar part under the words “Built in a remedy for krushev”

Descending Chromatic

Describe the WORD SETTING of verse one (KQ)

Mostly syllabic with occasional melisma

Name the melodic feature heard on the words “She keeps a”

Anacrusis - Up beat - Melody

Backing Vocals Sung - lines 6-8 (KQ)

Vocalising - Singing in a Chord

• Even if you don’t know the answer give an appropriate answer

Describe the Harmony in lines 9-11

5 -1 Chord Progression

• Its gonna have to be a chord Progression because Chord = Harmony

• It can’t be Melismatic - MELODY

• IT CANT BE HOMOPHONIC = Texture

  See where im going give appropriate answer the question gives hints so read it.

How Many Members of Queen are there and what instruments do they play?

Queen are a British rock band formed in London in 1970 by Freddie Mercury (lead vocals, piano), Brian May (guitar, vocals), and Roger Taylor (drums, vocals), later joined by John Deacon (bass).