Yr 10 GCSE Music Mega Vocab Test

Front

Note or beat played louder or emphasized

Back

Accent

Front

Anything that isn’t the main melody

Back

Accompaniment

Front

Bowing a string instrument

Back

Arco

Front

Accompaniment based on skipping between notes of a chord, resembling broken chords.

Back

Arpeggios

Front

How music is played or notes are shaped

Back

Articulation

Front

Notes of a chord played simultaneously

Back

Block chords

Front

Notes of a chord played sequentially

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Broken Chords

Front

Two chords at the end of a music phrase

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Cadence

Front

Textures where instruments/groups alternate (repeating or Q&A)

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Call and Response

Front

Notes that don't belong in a chord; usually sounds dissonant or clashing.

Back

Chromatic