One main melody with accompanying layers

A dialogue between two musical parts (ABAB)

A wind instrument, Sound produced by air being blown

A musical phrase that is copied exactly by another performer

Two musical parts or layers moving in the same direction

A piece with three sections, the first repeated at the end, ABA

Binary Structure Form

AB, A piece with two contrasting sections

Two layers or parts move in opposite pitch directions

Two or more melodic lines of equal importance / independence

How many layers of sound, Layers of sound, The density of the sound, how thick or thin, The instruments which are playing as well as their role

Stringed instrument, Sound produced by vibrating strings

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Musical Terminology Yr 10 11 12 HSC HANM

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HSC Music. Stage 6. Aural Skills. Concepts of Music.

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Listen to this piece. Describe the texture.
Homophonic
Stereophonic
Polyphonic
Monophonic
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Arco
Picked
Played with a bow
Strummed
Played fast
3
Homophonic
Many layers of sound
Mutliple independant melodies
One main melody with accompanying layers
One layer of sound
4
What melodic device is used in this piece?
Melodic sequence
Call and response
Similar motion
Melodic imitation
5
Call and response
A dialogue between two musical parts (ABAB)
A musical idea repeated at different pitches
A musical phrase that is copied exactly by another performer
Question and answer
6
Legato
Bowed
Smoothly, well connected
Long
Short and detached
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Accelerando
Gradually faster
Fast
Gradually slower
To accelerate
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Monophonic (define)
One layer of sound
A melody with accompanying layers
Many layers of sound
One speaker
9
Arpeggio
Pegs on a violin
A bass line
Play slowly
Broken chordal accompaniment
10
Ostinato
A pattern
A repeated phrase
An open note
A repeated note
11
Aerophone
A bowed instrument
A wind instrument
A string instrument
Sound produced by air being blown
12
Pizzicato (articulation used on string instruments)
Plucked
Bowed
Strummed
Scratching with a bow
13
Staccato
Long notes
Short and detached
Smoothly, well connected
Short notes
14
Ritardando
Slow
Gradually slower
Gradually faster
The end
15
What melodic device is used in this piece?
Melodic sequence
Similar motion
Call and response
Melodic imitation
16
Melodic Imitation
A type of call and response
A dialogue between two musical parts (ABAB)
A musical phrase that is copied exactly by another performer
Question and answer
17
What melodic device is used in this piece?
Similar motion
Melodic imitation
Call and response
Melodic sequence
18
A Capella
Unaccompanied singers
Voices
Voice solo
Singing
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Similar motion
Two musical parts or layers moving in the same direction
Chords that alternate together
Pitches that are the same
Pitches that work similarly
20
Ternary Form
AB
ABACA
A piece with three sections, the first repeated at the end
ABA
21
Binary Structure Form
AB
ABC
ABA
A piece with two contrasting sections
22
Contrary Motion
Two layers or parts move in opposite pitch directions
Pitches move up (ascending)
Pitches move down (descending)
Pitches move in the same direction
23
Polyphonic
Many instruments, but few layers of sound
One melody accompanied by other parts
Two or more melodic lines of equal importance / independence
Many sounds occuring together
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Texture
How many layers of sound
Layers of sound
The density of the sound, how thick or thin
The instruments which are playing as well as their role
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Chordophone
Instrument that can play several pitches at once
Stringed instrument
Instrument that can play chords
Sound produced by vibrating strings

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