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• Appoggiatura - grace note (Bar 27)
• Bass viol: similar to a cello ( more strings) (Bar 34)
• Basso continuo: double the bass line with chordal instrument (Bar 12)
• Chromaticism: notes that don't belong in the key (Bar 12)
• Conjunct: moving in step
• Dissonance: E dash (Bar 1)
• Figured bass: Code for chords (Bar 12)
• Functional harmony: chords are used throughout the piece
• Grace notes: decorative (Bar 2)
• Ground bass: a repeating bass line (Bar 12)
• Harpsichord: a keyboard instrument
• Homophonic: melody and accompliment
• Key chord: string (Bar 1)
• Melisma, Mordent, Passing notes, Perfect cadence, Sequence, Suspensions, Syllabic, Wordpainting are terms related to Purcell's music
• Word painting in music involves composing music that reflects the meaning of the lyrics
• Syllabic singing is when each syllable of a word is sung to a different note
• A perfect cadence is a harmonic progression that gives a sense of resolution
• Suspensions in music are dissonant harmonies that resolve to consonant ones
• A sequence in music is a repeated melodic or harmonic pattern at a higher or lower pitch
• Passing notes are non-chord notes that connect two chord notes
• Melisma is a group of notes sung to one syllable of text
• Mordent is a musical ornament indicating a rapid alternation between a note and the note above or below it
• the three main elements of music are melody, harmony and rhythm