GCSE music vocab that often comes up. 1

Homophonic

• melody

• melody and accompaniment

• many melodies heard at once

• use of silence

Dynamic

• forte and piano

• instrument

• time signature

• expression

pizzicato (violin)

• playing with the back of the bow

• playing with a bow

• plucking the strings

• playing smoothly

structure

• bpm

• monophonic

• ternary

• soprano

Perfect cadence

• II-I

• III-I

• I-V

• V-I

imperfect cadence

• II-I

• I-IV

• I-V

• V-VI

Allegro

• slow

• moderate

• fast

• really super-dooper fast

melodic device

• imitation

• syncopation

• sequence

• silence

rhythmic device

• imitation

• repetition

• sequence

• syncopation

conjunct

• moving by leap

• moving in arpeggio

• moving by step

• repeating note