when i have all the terms i will re-post all the words in their concepts with their meanings.. all help is appreciated in getting all the meanings.. if u know any words i have missed plz add... much thanks
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Music Terms
Accent- make the note or chord louder and stronger
Staccato- short notes, not smooth
Legato- no gap between notes, smooth change of note
Tremolo- quick repetition of the same note
Tenuto- drawing out the full length of each note
Slurs
Pizzacato
Dissinant
Syncapated
Irregular Phrasing
Arpeggio
Triadic/triads
alberti
Harmonic
Repetition
Augmentation
Diminution
Inversion
Retrograde
Ostinato- arepeated pattern of notes
Diatonic- major or minor
Chromatic
Modulation
Articulation
Inversions
Falsetto- male pop singers using their head voice
Polyphonic- many melody lines playing the same thing
Homophonic- same melody being played with same rhythm
Monophonic- 1 layer of sound
Heterophonic
Antiphonal
micropolyphonic - bits and pieces of many different sounds that overall create a texture eg. when you stand in the middle of the playground you hear heaps of people talking but when you dont focus on a particular conversation and listen to the overall sounds that you hear its kind of a blur
emphasis
Pedal/drone
Cadences
Broken chords
Reinforced (strong)
Suppressed (weak)
Agogic
Ritenuto
accelerando
rubato
hemiola
anacrusis
cohesive
fragmented
prominent
decay
glissando- a rapid scale played in sliding motion
flutter tonguing
virtuosity
dexterity
intonation
crescendo- gradually getting louder
decrescendo-
diminuendo- gradually getting softer
imitative/imitation
subito- sudden dramatic changes
sequential
staggered
cascaded
discrete
continuous
sparse
dense
melodic
countermelodic
binary form-
turnary form- 3 sections
rondo form- many sections
sonata
fugal
strophic- several verses with different words but same basic musical accompaniment
episodic
organic
coda- ending of a piece
transition/bridge
call and response- solo instrument makes a melodic call and larger group replies with a different melody
symmetrical
digression
recurrence
consonance
contour - shape of a melody
fortissimo (ff)- very loud
forte (f)-loud
mezzo forte (mf)- moderately loud
mezzo piano (mp)- moderately soft
piano (p)- soft
pianissimo (pp)- very soft
chordophone-stringed instruments
electrophone-electric instruments
Aerophone-wind instruments
Membranophone-drums covered by a membrane
Idiophone-percussion
Ornamentation
Trills
Vibrato- vibrating or slightly shaking the sound creating a tiny vibration in pitch
Turns
Sliding
Trimbral effects
