Power Chord - Chord that uses notes 1 and 5 (omits the third), Alberti bass - broken chord bass line from Classical period played in LH of piano, Broken chords - A chord broken up into a sequence of notes, Dominant Seventh Chord - normal chord + flattened 7th note, Secondary chords - Chords II, III & VI, Primary chords - Chords I, IV, V, Plagal - IV to I, Perfect - V to I, Imperfect - I (or any) to V, Interrupted - V to VI, Tièrce de Picardie - Minor key piece unexpectedly ending in the major, Modulation - The process of changing from one key to another, drone - Long held note, pedal note - A long, sustained note or a continuously repeated note, in the bass, dissonant - The notes produce a clashing sound, consonant - The notes sound pleasing when played together, diatonic - In a normal major or minor key, harmonic rhythm - How many beats the chords last e.g.semibreves or minims., inversions - A chord not in root position,

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