Term
|
Definition
| Four-note chord built in 3rd (snowman with a hat) |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Built off a major triad with a major seventh at the top |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Built off a major triad with a lower 7th degree; starts on 5th degree of a scale |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Built off the minor triad (lowered 3rd and lowered 7th degrees) |
|
|
Term
| Half Diminished Seventh Chord: |
|
Definition
| Built of diminished triad with 7th degree a half step lower |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Built off diminished triad with 7th degree a whole step lower than normal |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Process of moving from one chord to another using common tones |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Harmonic background to a melody |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Pitch that is shared by two different chords (must stay in the same voice!!) |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Type of scale that is diatonic in arrangement |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Comprised of six notes involving a 1, lowered 3rd, 4, lowered 5, 5, lowered 7, and 8 |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Two musical phrases dependent on each other for balance |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Phrases within a period that begin the same way |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Phrases within a pyramid that begin differently |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Two phrases, separated by a half cadence, that balance each other |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Point of rest at the end of a musical phrase that seems temporary or incomplete (typically ends on V chord) |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Point of rest at the end of a consequent phrase in a period that seems complete and final; almost always ends on tonic I chord |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Division of a note into three equal parts (123) |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Rhythms created by accented notes that fall between or off beats |
|
|
