Syllabic One note per syllable. – Major Happy, positive sounding. – Minor Sad, scary, tense sounding. – Atonal Not major or minor uses dissonance doesn’t – – – sound nice. Forms - Binary 2 sections A & B Ternary 3 sections – – – A B A Lots of sections with A repeated eg. A B A Rondo – – – – C–A D – Theme & Variations Main theme is played and then – changed in a different way each variation eg. put into minor key, notes added to tune, different beats in a bar. Minuet & Trio - dance with 3 beats in a bar. Alberti bass - Broken chords played by the left hand on the piano. Low - high middle high. – – Walking Bass Notes move on every – beat. Ground Bass - A theme in the bass which is repeated many times while the higher parts change. Broken chord Notes of the chord – played separately. Vamp – Boom cha accompaniment. Bass note then chord.
Syllabic – One note per syllable. Major – Happy, positive sounding. Minor – Sad, scary, tense sounding. Atonal – Not major or minor – uses dissonance – doesn’t sound nice. Forms - Binary – 2 sections – A & B Ternary – 3 sections A B A Rondo – Lots of sections with A repeated eg. A – B – A – C–A – D Theme & Variations – Main theme is played and then changed in a different way each variation eg. put into minor key, notes added to tune, different beats in a bar. Minuet & Trio - dance with 3 beats in a bar. Alberti bass - Broken chords played by the left hand on the piano. Low - high – middle – high. Walking Bass – Notes move on every beat. Ground Bass - A theme in the bass which is repeated many times while the higher parts change. Broken chord – Notes of the chord played separately. Vamp – Boom cha accompaniment. Bass note then chord.
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