IGCSE Music (20th Focus)

Chordal, melody + accompaniment

• Homophonic

• Heterophonic

• Polyphonic

• Monophonic

One voice on it's own

• Homophonic

• Polyphonic

• Heterophonic

• Monophonic

Different individual melody

• Monophonic

• Polyphonic

• Heterophonic

• Homophonic

Syncopation and swung rhythms

Scat singing

Blues scale

12 bar blues

• Jazz

• Impressionism

• Minimalism

• Neo-classical

20th century music is primarily

• Homophonic

• Monophonic

• Heterophonic

What is the "Pulse" in music?

• A repeated pattern

• Layers of rhythms played at one time

• Blood Pressure

• Steady and constant beat in music

Describe the word "polyrhythm".

• Two or more rhythms performed at the same time

• Minimalism

• Repeated rhythm

• Motif

What is an "ostinato"?

• A fast melody

• A pattern that repeats

• A type of song

• A species of ostrich

Define "minimalism" in music.

• Music that is created with the most basic and limited amount of material

• A piece of 18th Century music

• A type of dance anthem

• Music that is created with many complex musical ideas

Name a famous minimalist composer

• Ludvig van Beethoven

• Richard Wagner

• Steve Reich

• Ed Sheeran