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6 Cards in this Set
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DURATION
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Duple, Triple, Quadruple time
Time Signature - Simple or compound time Regular or Irregular metres Lack of beat - no time signature Use of accents Tempo - Fast , Slow, moderate (italian words) Rhythm - long/short sounds, Patterns, repetition Notate ideas - traditionally or graphically |
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PITCH
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Tonality- Major or minor
Blues Melody - Contour/ shape of pitch movement - conjunct/disjunct - step/leap intervals used Range Register Repetition Motifs or melodic ideas used Pitch patterns - riff, walking bass line, ostinato Ornamentation Harmony - chordal movement and patterns Chordal progressions Melodic devices - Sequence, Drone, Imitation, doubling, Q + A, Cannon/ Rounds Notate ideas - traditionally or graphically |
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DYNAMICS AND EXPRESSIVE TECHNIQUES
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Dynamic ranges - Loud/Soft sounds
Italian terms Crescendo/Diminuendo Accents Articulation - Slur/ Legatto & Staccato/Mezzo Staccato Expressive techniques - Vibratto, Harmonics, Mutes, Bowed, Plucked, slides, slapping, fluttertongue, brushes on cymbals Notate ideas - traditionally or graphically |
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TEXTURE
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Monophonic - a single melodic line with no accompaniment
Homophonic - Multiple voices of which one, the melody, stands out prominently and the others form a background of harmonic accompaniment Polyphonic - Multiple melodic voices which are to a considerable extent independent from or in imitation with one another Heterophonic -Two or more voices simultaneously performing variations of the same melody. Counterpoint -counterpoint is the relationship between voices that are harmonically interdependent Other terms : Sparse, thin, light, thick, independent, dense Doubling, unison, imitation Notate ideas - traditionally or graphically |
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TONE COLOUR AND PERFORMING MEDIA
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Instruments in the four sections of the orchestra - Brass, Woodwind, Strings, Percussion
4 Main voice types - Soprano, Alto, Tenor and Bass Unusual Instruments - Different Cultures Instruments in Rock, Jazz and other contemporary groups Sound Production methods - bowed, plucked, hit, scraped Timbre qualities - adjectives to describe the quality The role of the instruments - function or responsibility e.g. main melody, counter melody, harmonic accompaniment (chords) , bass line, rhythmic ostinato etc. Do the roles of the instrument remain constant or change |
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STRUCTURE
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Structure/Form - order of events
Repetition - ' AA ' Variation - Some element my be repeated while another element is varied Ostinato Binary form - AB Ternary form - ABA Rondo form - ABACABA |
