Music Keywords

Question	Answer
Binary Form	AB structure
Ternary Form	ABA structure
Rondo Form	ABACAD... structure
Terraced dynamics	When dynamics change suddenly in a piece
Basso Continuo	A continuous bass part in Baroque Music, often played on a harpsichord and cello.
Homophonic Texture	Where the tune is accompanied by chords, keeping to roughly the same rhythm
Heterophonic Texture	All the parts have different versions of the tune
Klangfarbenmelodie	A word meaning 'tone-colour-melody' made up by Schoenberg. It is a technique he used to break up the melodies by passing them round to different parts
Imitation	A phrase that is repeated with little variations. Could be one instrument or voice, or two ore more imitating each other
Pizzicato	Plucking of the strings
Con arco	With the bow
Polyphonic Texture	Musical Texture where two or more tunes are played at the same time and woven together
sul ponticello	Play close to the bridge
Ground bass	A way of playing the variations with a strong bass part as the main theme

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	Created by Leann McLeod about 8 years ago