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Glossary
- 6th/7th etc - Intervals, the gap between notes.
- Antiphony - Answering sections, call and response, common in baroque music, especially choral works.
- Aria - 'song' from an opera or an oratorio.
- Arpeggio - Notes from a chord played separately.
- Atonal - No Key! Not confined to the rules of tonal harmony, therefore the music has a sense of freedom and surprise.
- Avant-Garde New Music
- Baroque - Name given to the era 1600 - 1750.
- Cantata - Vocal work for chorus, soloists and instrumental ensemble.
- Chanson/Melodie - French song.
- Chromatic - Adds little expressive tension and notes not from the key centre.
- Conjunct - Smooth melodies, moving by step.
- Conservatoire - A music college.
- Counterpoint - A number of melodies played together, also known as polyphony.
- Da Capo - The first section of the piece is repeated to finish.
- Fugue - A melodic fragment which appears one after the other in more than one part.
- Leider - German song.
- Modal - Harmony used in the renaissance - often known as church modes.
- Motet - Choral work using a sacred text.
- Motif - A melodic fragment used as a building block.
- NeoClassical/NeoBaroque - A return to the style of that era but used a new manner.
- Non-Functional Harmony - Follows no rules of tonal harmony.
- Oratorio - A religious story, similar to an opera but unstaged.
- Pastoral - Rustic subjects.
- Ritornello - 'a little return' - a melody returns and is repeated throughout the piece.
- Seconda Prattica - '2nd practise' The renaissance era used a florid multi melodies, known as polyphony - this was the first practise, the 2nd emerged in the Baroque era with only one melody and accompaniment.
- Serialist - Using all 12 notes in a set order, therefore the piece is totally atonal.
- Snottish Snap - A rhythm common in scottish folk music, the first is shorter than the second, literally a snap - de dah...
- Sonata - A piece for solo instrument and piano.
- Syllabic - Each syllable of a word is set to only one note, giving the text a clarity.
- Tonal/Diatonic - Harmony developed through the Baroque and still used
- Unprepared Dissonance - A tension which surprises the ear.
- Walking Bass - The lowest part which moves by step, 'walking', common in both Baroque and jazz music, often usually played by the Double Bass.
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