GCSE Music Terminology - 2/12

Vertical lines ruled down through the stave, indicating bars.

Continuous bass parts are provided for harpsichord and stringed instruments such as bass viol and lute. The players add chords and melody.

The manageable chunks into which music is divided

Chords lacking the third and therefore ambiguous in terms of major/minor tonality.

A structure of two sections - A and B. Each section is repeated. In the A section, the music modulates from the tonic to the dominant key. In section B, the music starts in the dominant key and explores other keys before returning to the tonic at the end of the section

This term refers to music in two keys at the same time

What do we call major or minor chords with three notes in root position, built up in 3rds

Term for when many parts drop out of the musical texture for a short period of time

A linking passage often used to change the key of the music (modulate) in preparation for the second subject

When the notes of a chord are played one at a time rather than being sounded simultaneously.