Music Glossary #1

Music Glossary #1

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Arts

9th Grade

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Hard

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Matthew Kable

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1.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

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Arpeggio

Back

A chord whose individual pitches are played in succession rather than simultaneously, in the manner that one would strum a guitar or harp.

2.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Block Chord

Back

A chord whose individual pitches are played simultaneously rather than in succession.

3.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Block Voicing (Sectional Writing)

Back

A jazz arranging technique in which instruments that belong to the same family are assigned similar music to play (e.g., trumpets grouped together, or saxophones, or trombones).

4.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

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Blue Note

Back

A pitch that is deliberately sung "out of tune"; commonly used by jazz and blues musicians, especially on steps 3 and 7 of the scale.

5.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Book

Back

A term for the spoken dialogue as well as the overall plot in musical theater.

6.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Cadenza

Back

An unaccompanied passage during a concerto where the orchestra has ceased to play, and the solo instrumentalist shows off virtuosity, often through improvisation.

7.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Call-and-Response

Back

A performance technique in which a soloist or small group presents a short motif that is answered by another musician or a larger group.

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