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| Two ideas/Themes- A and B |
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| ABA (two ideas/themes, the 1st repeated at the end) |
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| A set of developments based on a particular theme/melody e.g. Variation on Frere Jacques, The Carnival of Venice |
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| Where the melody/tune is the same in every verse but the words are different e.g. A Christmas carol/hymn tune |
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| Where the melody DOES NOT start on the 1st beat of the bar |
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| Where the melody moves by step |
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| Lots of leaps between the notes/Angular melody |
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| a short tune that is repeated a step higher or step lower |
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| Where a musical phrase is repeated, maybe by a different instrument/voice |
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| Where the melody is repeated |
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| Two half steps apart (usually a black note in between) |
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| A half step, usually white note to the next black note |
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| Where the notes of a chord are spread out instead of together |
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| Major (happy), Minor (sad), Modal (folk) or Atonal (clashing/dissonant) |
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