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Music techniques
Musical features and techniques key terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Syncopation | a disturbance or interruption of the regular flow of rhythm |
| Motif | a short musical idea, longer than a single note but shorter than an entire section. |
| Extended chords | Chords beyond the 7th. 9th 11th &13th |
| Chromaticism | to create dramatic tension, highlight key moments, and enhance the emotional depth of the music |
| Imitation | repetition of a melody in a polyphonic texture shortly after its first appearance in a different voice. |
| Vamping | A repeated chord progression or rhythmic figure leading either into or out of a tune or composition |
| Triplet notes | a rhythm playing three notes in the space of two |
| Glissando | A glide from one pitch to another |
| Tremelo | Trembling affect |
| Trills | A rapid alternation between 2 adjacent notes |
| Staccato | A sharply detached or separated from other notes |
| Descending thirds | a series of chords whose root notes descend by a third each sequential repetition |
| Panning | distribution of an audio signal into a new stereo or multi-channel sound field |
| Reverberation | created when a sound occurs in a space, sending sound waves out in all directions |
| Tridic notes | musical scale with twelve pitches, each a semitone, also known as a half-step, above or below its adjacent pitches |
| Lilting | gently rises and falls in a way that is pleasant to listen to. |
| Contrapuntal music | the use of multiple independent melodies, each of which is given equal weight |
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