Harmony
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- Created by: gemmawilton
- Created on: 23-10-17 18:29
Diatonic
Using notes that belong to the current key.
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Chromatic
using notes not belonging to the diatonic scale of the key in which a passage is written.
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Consonance
a combination of notes that sound pleasant to most people when played at the same time.
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Dissonance
a combination of notes that sound harsh or unpleasant to most people.
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Passing Note
A note that doesn't belong to the key signature, and that falls on a weak beat.
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Auxiliary Note
the note which occurs when a melody moves by step away from a harmony note then back again.
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Acciaccatura
a very short ornamental note played just before the principal melodic note.
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Appoggiatura
a nonharmonic grace note that resolves stepwise.
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Suspension
A chord note that is held or repeated over a change in harmony to create a dissonance before moving to a note of the new chord.
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False Cadence
a deceptive cadence.
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Pedal Note
A sustained or repeated note, usually in a low register, over which changing harmonies occur.
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Drone
when a bass note is held throughout a passage of music.
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Tierce De Picardie
A major 3rd in the final chord of a passage in a minor key.
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Perfect Cadence
chord V-I.
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Imperfect Cadence
any chord-V.
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Plagal Cadence
chord IV-I.
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Interrupted Cadence
chord V-VI.
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Leading Note
the seventh degree of a major or minor scale.
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Mediant
the third degree of a major or minor scale.
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Note of Anticipation
A melody note sounded slightly before the chord to which it belongs, creating dissonance with the current chord
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
using notes not belonging to the diatonic scale of the key in which a passage is written.
Back
Chromatic
Card 3
Front
a combination of notes that sound pleasant to most people when played at the same time.
Back
Card 4
Front
a combination of notes that sound harsh or unpleasant to most people.
Back
Card 5
Front
A note that doesn't belong to the key signature, and that falls on a weak beat.
Back
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