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orchestra, notation, jazz and blues, drunken sailor, opera

what chords are included in the drunken sailor?

d minor and c

what is the chord progression for the drunken sailor?

dm, c, dm, dm, c, dm

sea shanty

a small melody sung by sailors at sea to keep their minds busy while working

chord

two or more notes played together at hte same time

triad

a three note chord(1st, 3rd and 5th notes of a scale)

sequence

a melodic pattern that is repeated a note higher or lower

bass riff

a low pitched jazzy repeated pattern

vocal riff

a short vocal phrase that is often repeated

counter melody

a different melody that works well with the original melody(played at the same time)

who would sing the sea shantys

sailors at sea who were working

who is the shanty-man?

a man who lives on the boat but doesnt work. he would have been the one to compose the sea shanties

tone(t)

a full step in between two notes

semitone(st)

a half step in between two notes

major scale

ttsttts

minor scale

tsttsss

chromatic scale

all semitones

whole tone scale

all tones

scale

an ordered series of notes

major

happy scale

minor

sad scale

sharp(#)

semitone to the right

flat(b)

semitone to the left

where did the blues originate

from african slaves who needed to pass time while working. they also took insparation from church songs and bar songs

12 bar blue chord structure

cccc ff cc g f cc

pulse/beat

the heartbeat in music- steady counts you can feel

rhythm

the pattern of the music

melody

the tune

ostinato

a pattern that repeats

rhythmic ostanato

a rythm that repeats

melodic ostanato

a melody that repeats

verse

the part of the song that tells a story

chorous

the repeated section, usually very catchy

semibreve

4 beats

minim

2 beats

crotchet

1 beat

quaver

half a beat

semi-quaver

one quater of a beat

dynamic

how loud or quiet the notes are

pitch

how high or low the notes are

texture

the effect of lots of instruments playing together

tempo

how fast or slow the notes are

duration

how long or short the notes are

timbre

the sound quality

aria

solo to express emotion

recitative

sung dialouge

libretto

little book, used to write words of the opera

pamina

soprano

tamino

tenor

queen of the night

coloratura soprano

papageno

baritone

papagena

soprano

sorastro

bass

3 ladys

2x mezzo, 1x soprano

monostatos

baritone

tenor(definition)

highest male voice

orchestra

all familys of instruments playing together

overture

the orchestra’s peice before the opera starts

mozart

famous musician, he wrote lots of operas including the magic flute

librettist

the person who writes the words for the opera