S4 N3-5 Music Concepts

Notes which rise in pitch.

• Ascending

• Descending

• Repetition

• Sequence

Notes which fall in pitch.

• Sequence

• Ascending

• Descending

• Repetition

A melodic phrase which is repeated at a higher or lower pitch.

• Ascending

• Descending

• Repetition

• Sequence

Making it up during a performance.

• Repetition

• Sequence

• Improvisation

• Opera

A chord in which certain notes clash.

• Chord

• Discord

• Harmony

• Rock

The musical flow is held up by a long note or silence.

• Syncopation

• Pause

• Imitation

• Anacrusis

A note held on or repeated in the bass.

• Glissando

• Drone

• Broken Chord

• Discord

A change of key.

• Modulation

• Polyphonic

• Ritardando

• Moderato

The tempo slows down.

• Pause

• Ritardando

• Inverted Pedal

• Adagio

Notes which move by the interval of a semitone.

• Leaping

• Descending

• Ascending

• Chromatic