Mode/Modal - A scale that is not major or minor - used within Plainchant, Jazz and Pop music, Obbligato - Prominent solo instrument within vocal music, Acciaccatura  - An ornament which contains a very fast note played before a full length note. Also known as a grace note, Mordent - An ornament which contains the main note, the note above and them the main note again. , Plagal Cadence - A cadence moving from chord IV-chord I which sounds finished (Amen), Interrupted Cadence - A cadence moving from a major chord and it is interrupted by a minor chord (chord VI), Perfect Cadence - A cadence moving from chord V - chord I which sounds finished, Imperfect Cadence - A cadence moving from any chord to chord V which sounds unfinished, Tierce de Picardie - A minor piece interrupted by a minor chord, Dominant 7th - A chord which features a 7th note added to a major chord e.g CEGBb . It sounds surprised, Diminished 7th - A chord that's made up of minor 3rd intervals - sounds scary/tense/horror e.g C Eb Gb A, Added 6th - A chord where a 6th note is added to a major chord which is used in Jazz and Popular music e.g C E G A, Harmonic Minor Scale - A minor scale with sharpened 7th when ascending/descending. Sounds Arabian (Aladdin), Melodic Minor Scale - A minor scale with different notes when ascending/descending, 3 against 2 - One line of music may be playing quavers in groups of two whilst at the same time another line of music will be playing triplets. , Time Changes - When the time signature changes throughout a piece of music, Irregular time signatures - The music does not naturally fall into equal groupings e.g 7/4 or 5/4, Augmentation - Notes of a melody are doubled in length, Diminution - Notes of a melody are halved in length, Tremolando - A playing technique where there is rapid movement of the bow on the same note for strings or between 2 noes a distance apart for other instruments (not the same as trill), Harmonics - A playing technique where you very lightly touch a string when you play it. On bowed instruments this will sound high pitched and eerie. On guitar and harp it sounds like a bell like., Coloratura - florid vocal singing involving scales, runs and ornaments where there are a number of notes sung to the one syllable (melismatic), Ripieno - Accompanying orchestra in a Concerto Grosso, Concertino - Small group of soloists in a Concerto Grosso,

Higher Music - Melody/Harmony/Rhythm/Tempo/Timbre &Dynamics

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