AP Music Theory Terms Part 2

A single melodic line with no other support

A directive to perform a certain passage of a composition in a smooth and connected. 

What is the fourth of the scale degree called?

A directive to perform the indicated passage of a composition very quickly.

Modulations without common chords or tones

What is the meter in which each beat is divisible by three rather than two?

What is the 5th of the scale called?

This occurs when in a melodic line is performed backwards.

The shape of the melody. 

A B A, or statement-contrast-return

The rhythmic relation of three notes in the time of two, i.e., the triplet.

First section of this ends on tonic triad or main key

Putting an emphasis on a note rhtymically that would not usually be emphasized.

A A' A''-repetition of one formal section.

Marked, accented, emphatic, stressed.

What is the 7th of the scale called?

Slowing of the tempo more suddenly and extremely than a ritardando