Crescendo - Gradually getting louder, Ascending - Moving upwards, Diminuendo - Gradually getting quieter, Descending - Moving downwards, Improvisation - Making up music on the spot, Leap - Jumping between notes that are not next to each other, Step - Moving to notes next to each other, Ostinato/Riff - A short musical pattern repeated many times, Arco - String playing technique where the bow is used, Pizzicato - String playing technique where the strings are plucked, Sequence - A melodic phrase which is repeated at a higher or lower pitch, Accelerando - Gradually getting faster, Rallentando - Gradually getting slower, Anacrusis - An upbeat before the first beat of a song, Binary Form - A structure made up of 2 parts - AB, Ternary Form - A structure made up of 3 parts - ABA, Scat Singing - Made up nonsense words improvised in Jazz music, Syncopation - Strongly accented notes emphasising the off beat., Vamp - A rhythmic accompaniment with a bass note played on the beat and a chord played off the beat., Strophic - A structure made up of verses and chorus, Bridge - A linking passage of music before the return of a verse or chorus, Chromatic - Notes that move by semitone, Countermelody - A second melody played over the top of the main melody, Cross Rhythms - Two or more contrasting rhythms played at the same time, Glissando - Sliding between two notes, Homophonic - A texture where all parts move together at the same time, Polyphonic - A texture where two or more parts weave independently of one another, Pedal - A continuous or repeating low note, Inverted Pedal - A continous or repeating high note, Modulation - Changing to another key,

N5 Music Technology: Musical Elements Revision

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