Different types of music feature

    Cards (30)

    • MELODY - conjuct
      Melody that moves by step
    • Melody - disjunct
      Melody that moves by leap
    • Melody - ostinato
      Repetitive melodic phrases
    • Melody - ornaments 

      e.g. Trill, acciaccatura, mordent
    • Articulation - legato
      Smooth melody
    • Articulation - staccato
      short and spikey melody
    • Harmony - diatonic 

      Notes in a chord that belong to the same key
    • Harmony - chromatic
      Notes in a chord that do not belong to the same key
    • Harmony - consonant

      Nice sounding harmony
    • Harmony - dissonant
      Clashing sounding harmony
    • Harmony - cadences
      • Perfect cadence (sounds finished)
      • Plagal cadence (sound like finished amen )
      • Imperfect cadence ( waiting for it to finish)
      • Interrupted cadence
    • Tempo - adagio
      Slowly 66-76 bpm
    • Tempo - andante
      walking pace 77- 108 bpm
    • Tempo - Allegro
      Fast and bright 120-168 bpm
    • Time signature - 2 beats in a bar

      2/4
      Simple duple time
    • 3 beats in a bar
      3/4
      Simple triple time
    • 4 beats in a bar
      Common time
      4/4
    • Tonality - major
      Happy, nice, optimistic
    • Tonality - minor

      Sad, sinister, gloomy
    • Vocal music - soprano
      Highest female voice
    • vocal music- alto
      Lowest female voice
    • Vocal music - tenor
      highest male voice
    • Vocal music - bass
      Lowest male voice
    • vocal music Falsetto
      male singing in head voice
    • Melody - syllabic
      One syllable per pitch
    • Melody - melisma
      Multiple syllables per pitch
    • texture- monophonic
      A single line with no harmonies or melodies
    • Texture - homophonic
      A melodic line accompanied by chords
    • Texture - polyphonic
      More than one melody being preformed
    • Texture - Melody + accompaniment
      A melody being preformed by a chordal accompaniment with a different rhythmic pattern (most used in popular music)
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