AQA Music Vocabulary List PDF

**AQA Musical elements vocabulary list** Key words for tempo common Italian tempo terms (eg allegro, andante) pulse rubato, bpm (beats per minute) mm (metronome marking) irregular, free Key words for metre simple and compound time regular irregular, free Key words for rhythm r...

**AQA Musical elements vocabulary list** Key words for tempo common Italian tempo terms (eg allegro, andante) pulse rubato, bpm (beats per minute) mm (metronome marking) irregular, free Key words for metre simple and compound time regular irregular, free Key words for rhythm regular semibreve, minim, crotchet, quaver, semiquaver dotted rhythms, triplets, scotch snap groove backbeat syncopation off-beat shuffle swing irregular, free anacrusis bi-rhythm, cross-rhythm, polyrhythm augmentation, diminution hemiola Key words for dynamics pp, p. mp, mf, f, ff including the Italian terms cresc, crescendo, dim, diminuendo including hairpins sfz, sforzando common signs, terms and symbols Key words for timbre instruments and voices singly and in combination as found in music including that for solo instruments, concertos, chamber groups instrumental techniques such as arco, pizzicato, con sordino standard contemporary instrument types eg electric guitar, synthesisers instrumental techniques eg palm mute (pm), pitch bend, hammeron (ho), pull-off (po), slide guitar/bottleneck drum kit components and techniques eg rim shot vocal timbres eg falsetto, belt, rap, beat-boxing, scat singing specific instrumental techniques, eg slap bass specific instrumental effects, eg amplification, distortion specific technological recording techniques eg automatic doubletracking (ADT) and digital input transformer (DIT) generic families of instruments as found in traditional/world music, eg sitar instrumental techniques, eg vamping. the use of technology, synthesised and computer-generated sounds, sampling and the use of techniques such as reverb, distortion and chorus drone vocal techniques eg falsetto, vibrato, rap specific families of instruments eg gamalan use of technology, synthesised and computer-generated sounds Key terms for structure binary ternary rondo arch-shape through-composed theme and variations sonata minuet and trio popular song form scherzo and trio ground bass, continuo cadenza verse/chorus break blues Strophic cyclic call and response Key terms for tonality major minor modulation relative major or minor tonic major or minor pentatonic modal blues scale whole tone tonal ambiguity Key terms for harmony diatonic, chromatic consonant, dissonant pedal, drone cadences: perfect, plagal, imperfect, interrupted, tièrce de Picardie identification of major, minor and dominant seventh chords using chord symbols/roman numerals power chords chord symbols, eg C7 stock chord progressions, eg I VI IV V. chromatic Key terms for melody conjunct, disjunct, triadic, broken chords, scalic, arpeggio intervals within the octave passing notes diatonic, chromatic ornamentation including acciaccaturas Ostinato/riff phrasing, articulation melisma hook Improvisation blue notes pentatonic, whole tone, modal slide glissando portamento pitch bend appoggiaturas motifs Key terms for texture harmonic/homophonic/chordal polyphonic/contrapuntal antiphonal acappella monophonic/single melody line melody and accompaniment unison octaves imitative, canonic, layered drones