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Higher Music
Higher Music theory
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01/31/2010

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Term
Impressionist
Definition
brief musical ideas merge to create a blurred outline
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Antiphonal.
Definition
Dialogue between two voices or instruments. Think iPod headphones.
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Inversion
Definition
When a musical shape is mirrored. For example, played on an ascending scale, then on a descending scale.
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Oratorio
Definition
Usually a passage from the bible set to music.
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Fanfare
Definition
trumpets, sound important.
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Double stopping
Definition
bowed string instruments being bowed more than one string at a time.
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Neo-Classical
Definition
for smaller orchestras. Dissonant tonal and atonal harmonies.
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Mass
Definition
Religious, sounds 'massive'. Words can be heard such as Gloria Kyrio, etc.
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Pizzicato
Definition
strings plucked
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Basso Continuo
Definition
Continuous bassline. Harpsichords, etc.
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Three against two
Definition
One line of music plays quavers whilst the other plays triplets. Think 'nice cup of tea'
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Tonal answer
Definition
When the second voice in a fugue has different intervals from the subject
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Real answer
Definition
When the second voice in a fugue has the same intervals as the subject
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Acciacatura
Definition
crushed note before the main note. Like a grace note.
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Madrigal
Definition
English secular text. Sounds 'mad'.
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Mordent
Definition
Ornament. Sounds the main note, note above and the note below.
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Augmentation
Definition
Increases the length of notes. music will sound slower when imitated or repeated.
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Arpeggio
Definition
notes of a chord played out one after the other
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Plagal cadence
Definition
two chords at the end of a phrase
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coda
Definition
a passage at the end of a piece which rounds it off perfectly
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Suite
Definition
Set of dances that is part of a larger scale work
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