MUSIC FLASHCARDS

• what is a conjunct melody ?


  a melody that moves step by step
• what is a disjunct melody ?

  a melody which moves in leaps using larger intervals than a 2nd
• what is a chromatic melody?


  uses notes from outside the key
• what is an arpeggio?

  A sequence of notes played one after the other in a chord.
• what is a scale in music ?

  A series of notes in ascending or descending order of pitch
• what is diatonic in music ?

  Notes within a specific key.
• what is atonal in music ?

  Absence of a tonal center.
• what is cadence in music ?

  formed by two chords at the end of a passage of music.