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MELODY
Pitch names: A G
Sharp/ flat: up/down a semi-tone
Intervals: distance between two notes
Range: total amount of notes a singer/instrument can play (highlow)
Register: relative height of a set of notes (pitches)
Diatonic/ Chromatic: in the key/ notes added outside the key
Tonic: home key (I)
Subdominant: on chord IV of the home key
Dominant: on chord V of the home key
Pentatonic: scale 5 notes
Raga: Indian scale system
Note row: Serialism
Moving by step/ leap: 2nd/ 3rd & more
Scalic: by step
Scales: major & minor keys set of musical notes set by
increasing/decreasing pitch
RHYTHM
STRUCTURE
Binary form: AB
HARMONY
Minor: A scale with a flattened third and alternative 6th and 7th
notes
Cadences:
- Perfect: V - I Full close
- Plagal: IV - I Amen cadence
- Interrupted: V - not I Interrupted (often goes to VI)
INSTRUMENTATION
Vocal Sounds:
Female: Soprano, Mezzo-soprano, Alto, Contralto
Male: Tenor, Baritone, Bass & Falsetto
Choir/ Chorus/ A cappella/ Backing vocals
Instrumental Sounds:
Brass: trumpet, French horn, trombone, tuba
Woodwind: flute (piccolo), oboe (English horn), clarinet,
bassoon, saxophone
TEXTURE
TEMPO
Largo broadly
Moderato moderately
Tempo changes:
NOTATION
Bar/ double bar lines: vertical lines that split the music in
divisions of time (double = final)
Time signature: simple (i.e. 2/4; 3/4; 4/4 ) & compound (i.e.
6/8; 9/8; 12/8)
Non-standard notation
MRS HITT