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Theory - Harris
Theory Midterm
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Monophonic | Music that only has one melodic line with no harmony. Note that many voices can sing a one of these pieces. |
| Heterophonic | Only one melody, but different variations of it being sung or played at the same time. |
| Polyphonic | Music where more than one independent melody is occurring simultaneously. Musicals often do that. |
| Homophonic | Music characterized by a melody accompanied by a part in the same rhythm (time signature wise). |
| Timbre | Attack, tone, tone quality. |
| Melody | Sequence of single notes (one after the other) that are musically satisfying. |
| Melodic Line | String of notes that make up the melody. |
| Melodic Phrase | A group of notes that make sense together & express a definite melodic idea - it takes more than one to complete a melody. |
| Ornaments | Extra notes (i.e. trills, slides) that are not part of the main melodic line, but are added to the melody by either the composer or the performer to make the melody more complex & interesting. |
| Conjunct Motion | Small pitch changes, step-wise, scalar |
| Disjunct Motion | Large intervals between one note and the next, maybe described as "leaps" in the melody |
| Mixed Motion | Both conjunct and disjunct movement. |
| Shape/Contour | The quality of movement of a melody, including nearness or fairness of successive pitches or notes in a melody. |
| Motif | A short musical idea - shorter than a phrase - that occurs in a piece of music. These small pieces of melody will appear again and again in a piece of music, sometimes exactly the same, sometimes changed. |
| Antecedent Phrase | In a pair of phrases, this is the first phrase that feels unfinished and needs to be completed by the second phrase. |
| Consequent Phrase | In a pair of phrases, this is the second phrase that completes the first, as if it were answering a question. |
| Leitmotif | Whether it is a very short motif or a long phrase, it is associated with a particular character, place, thing, or idea, usually in the opera. It may be heard whenever that character is on stage, or that idea is an important part of the plot. |
| Harmonic Interval | When two notes are sounded simultaneously. |
| Melodic Interval | When two notes are sounded one after another. |
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