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N4 Music
A-Z Concepts
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N4 Music Concepts
You will find the concepts in alphabetical order under the following headings:
1. melody / harmony
2. rhythm / tempo
3. texture / structure / form
4. timbre / dynamics
5. styles
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1. MELODY / HARMONY
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Arpeggio
▶ Notes of a chord played one after the other.
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1. MELODY / HARMONY
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Atonal
▶ Atonal music has no feeling of key, major or minor. It is very dissonant and
lacks a 'nice' melody and accompaniment.
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1. MELODY / HARMONY
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Broken Chords
▶ In a broken chord, the notes of a chord are played separately.
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1. MELODY / HARMONY
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Drone
▶ One note held on or repeated in the bass. A feature of the bagpipes.
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1. MELODY / HARMONY
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Major
▶ The music sounds in a major key – often described as having a cheery, happy feel
to it.
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1. MELODY / HARMONY
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Minor
▶ The music sounds in a minor key, often described as having a sad or dark sound.
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1. MELODY / HARMONY
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Ornament
▶ An ornament decorates a melody by adding extra notes. Ornaments are
often short and add melodic and rhythmic interest.
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1. MELODY / HARMONY
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Pedal
▶ A note which is sustained or repeated continuously in the bass.
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1. MELODY / HARMONY
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Pentatonic Scale
▶ Any five-note scale. In practice, the most common one is that on which much folk
music is based, particularly Scottish and Celtic.
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1. MELODY / HARMONY
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Scat Singing
▶ Nonsense words, syllables and sounds are improvised (made up) by the singer.
Sometimes the singer is imitating the sounds of instruments.
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1. MELODY / HARMONY
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Vamp
▶ A rhythmic accompaniment with a bass note played on the beat and a chord
off the beat. Usually played on piano or guitar.
▶ Click to watch video
1. MELODY / HARMONY
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2. RHYTHM / TEMPO
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Anacrusis
▶ The notes which appear before the first strong beat of a musical phrase,
particularly at the start of a piece.
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2. RHYTHM / TEMPO
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Compound Time
▶ The beat is divided into groups of three. You can say “straw-ber-ry” to each beat.
▶ Click to watch video.
2. RHYTHM / TEMPO
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Jig
▶ A fast dance in compound time. Usually 2 beats in a bar,
with each beat dividing into 3 quavers.
▶ Click to watch video.
2. RHYTHM / TEMPO
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March
▶ Music with a strong steady pulse with two or four beats in a bar.
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2. RHYTHM / TEMPO
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Reel
▶ A fast Scottish dance written in simple time with two or four beats in a bar.
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2. RHYTHM / TEMPO
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Scotch Snap
▶ A very short accented note before a longer note.
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2. RHYTHM / TEMPO
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Simple Time
▶ In simple time meter the beat is divided into groups of two. You can say “co-la”.
▶ Click to watch video.
2. RHYTHM / TEMPO
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Strathspey
▶ A Scottish dance with four beats in a bar and usually featuring the Scotch snap.
▶ Click to watch video.
2. RHYTHM / TEMPO
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Syncopation
▶ Strongly accented notes playing off or against the beat. Syncopation occurs in
all kinds of music.
▶ Click to watch video.
2. RHYTHM / TEMPO
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Waltz
▶ A slow dance with three beats in a bar in simple time.
▶ Click to watch video.
2. RHYTHM / TEMPO
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3. TEXTURE / STRUCTURE /
FORM
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Binary
▶ A form in which the music is made up of two different sections labelled A and B.
Each section may be repeated.
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Cadenza
▶ A passage of music which allows soloists to display their technical ability in singing
or playing an instrument. A cadenza is commonly featured in a concerto.
▶ Click to watch video.
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Canon
▶ Strict imitation. Once one part starts to play or sing a melody, another part
enters shortly afterwards with exactly the same melody. Frere Jacques is
often sung this way.
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Chorus
▶ The word chorus has two possible meanings:
1. A group of singers, or the refrain between verses
of a song.
1. A group of singers.
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Imitation
▶ Where the melody is immediately copied by another instrument or voice.
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Middle 8
▶ In popular music, a section which provides a contrast to the opening section.
It is often eight bars long.
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Rondo
▶ A B A C A….. A form where the first section (A) keeps returning,
in between different sections – B, C etc.
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3. TEXTURE / STRUCTURE / FORM
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Ternary
▶ A B A – 3 part form: Section A, followed by a B section which is a different melody,
than a return to the A section.
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Theme and Variations
▶ The structure of a piece where the melody is heard (the theme),
then returns several times with variations (changes).
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Verse and Chorus
▶ A structure/ form popular in many songs. The music of the verse will repeat,
often with different words, and between verses the chorus will normally
repeat and features different music to the verse.
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4. TIMBRE / DYNAMICS
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Backing vocals
▶ Singers who support the lead singer(s), usually by singing in harmony in the background.
▶ Click to watch video.
4. TIMBRE / DYNAMICS
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Brass Band
▶ A band of brass instruments and percussion.
▶ Click to watch video.
4. TIMBRE / DYNAMICS
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Distortion
▶ An electronic effect used in rock music to colour the sound of an electric guitar.
It gives a 'fuzzy' sound rather than the usual clean sound.
▶ Click to watch video.
4. TIMBRE / DYNAMICS
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Harpsichord
▶ A keyboard instrument which looks like a small grand piano.
Popular in the Baroque period.
▶ Click to watch video.
4. TIMBRE / DYNAMICS
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Instruments
▶ You will be expected to name and identify a wide range of musical instruments.
▶ Click to watch video.
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Muted
▶ Using a device which reduces the volume or alters the sound of an instrument.
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4. TIMBRE / DYNAMICS
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Reverb
▶ An electronic effect which can give the impression of different hall acoustics.
▶ Click to watch video.
4. TIMBRE / DYNAMICS
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Wind Band
▶ A band with woodwind, brass and percussion instruments.
▶ Click to watch video.
4. TIMBRE / DYNAMICS
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5. STYLES
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Aria
▶ A solo song sung in an operatic style.
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African Music
▶ Much African music features voices and/or African drums.
▶ Click to watch video.
5. STYLES
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Baroque
▶ The name given to a style of music composed during the period 1600-1750
approximately. The harpsichord was a popular instrument during this period.
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Bothy Ballad
▶ A folk song, usually with many verses, from north-east Scotland.
Usually tells a story of farm life, and is generally sung a capella.
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Celtic Rock
▶ A style of music that mixes Celtic folk music and rock together.
Instruments featured can include electric guitar and drum kit.
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Classical
▶ A term used to refer to music composed during the period 1750-1810
approximately; the era of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven. The piano was a
popular Classical instrument.
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5. STYLES
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Concerto
▶ A work for solo instrument and orchestra, e.g. a flute concerto is written for
flute and orchestra.
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Gospel
▶ Music written with religious lyrics, often in praise or thanksgiving to God.
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5. STYLES
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Indian
▶ Music from India which uses instruments such as the sitar and tabla.
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5. STYLES
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Minimalism
▶ A development in the second half of the 20th century based on short musical ideas
which are constantly repeated with very slight changes each time.
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Mouth Music
▶ Unaccompanied songs with Gaelic or nonsense words, normally sung for
ceilidh dances.
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Opera
▶ A drama set to music with soloists, chorus, acting, and orchestral
accompaniment.
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Pibroch
▶ Music for solo bagpipe, in theme and variation form, and
with grace notes.
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Ragtime
▶ A style of jazz music which became popular at the end of the 19th
century. Usually played on the piano and featuring syncopated rhythms
and a vamped accompaniment.
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Rapping
▶ Rhyming lyrics that are spoken and performed in time to a beat.
Rapping is popular in hip-hop music.
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5. STYLES
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Reggae
▶ Reggae music was developed in the late 1960s in Jamaica.
It has quite a distinctive sound and has the characteristic of
strong accents on the 2nd and 4th beats of the bar.
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Romantic
▶ The Romantic period developed from 1810-1900 approximately. During this time
orchestras grew in size and music become more expressive and emotional.
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Scots Ballad
▶ A Scottish song which tells a story. Examples of Scots ballads are 'Flower of
Scotland' and 'Loch Lomond'.
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Swing
▶ A jazz style which started in the 1930s and was performed by a big band.
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Symphony
▶ A large work for orchestra, usually in four movements.
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Waulking Song
▶ A rhythmic song sung in Gaelic by the women in the Western Isles of Scotland
while they waulked woollen cloth to soften and shrink it. It is usually sung a
capella, features call and response, and a beat in the background.
▶ Click to watch video.
5. STYLES