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Timbre

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The quality or colour of sound that makes one voice or instrument different from another.

2
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Keyboard

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A musical instrument such as a piano, organ or synthesiser.

3
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Djembe

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A drum of West African origin.

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Duration

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How long or short notes are.

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Pulse

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The beat / heartbeat of the music.

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Rhythm

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Musical patterns made up of notes of different durations / lengths.

Can be played on a pitched or unpitched instrument.

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Ostinato

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A musical pattern that repeats (can be pitched or unpitched).

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Pitch

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How high or low a musical sound is.

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Melody

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Another word for tune, created by playing notes one after another.

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Staff/ Stave

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The five lines that music is written down on.

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Sharp

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A symbol (#) which raises a note by a half step (or semitone) when put in front of it.

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Flat

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A symbol (b) which lowers a note by a half step (or semitone) when put in front of it.

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Dynamics

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How loudly or quietly to play a piece of music.

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Forte

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Italian word for “loud” (shortened to f).

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Piano

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Italian word for “quiet” (shortened to p).

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Tempo

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The speed of a piece of music.

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Adagio

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Italian word for “slowly”.

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Allegro

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Italian word for “fast”.

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Structure

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The way a piece of music is built by combining different sections

(eg. intro-verse-chorus in a pop song).

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Call and Response

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A question and answer phrase.

e.g. “Have you got a Djembe? Yes I have”.

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Texture

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Thick or thin. How many layers of music there are.

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Thick and Thin Textures

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Music can be described as having a thin texture (only one or two musical layers) or a thick texture (many musical layers).

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Tonality

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The tonality of a piece of music is often either major or minor.

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Musical Mood

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Different pieces of music can be described as having a different mood, often depending on whether the tonality is major or minor.

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Music Technology

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The use of computers or other hardware/software to create and edit musical sounds.

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Audio

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Sound that has been recorded.

Eg, “I have recorded my vocal part as an audio track”.

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Orchestra

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Name given to a musical group / ensemble made up four families: strings, woodwind, brass and percussion.

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Quaver

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A note that lasts half a beat. They are often found in pairs to make up a whole beat.​

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Crotchet

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A note that lasts for one beat.

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Minim

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A note that lasts for two beats.

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Semibreve

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A note which lasts for four beats.

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Scale

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A group of notes in a particular order.

e.g. C Major Scale:

C D E F G A B C

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Treble Clef

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A clef used in sheet music for notes higher in pitch than middle C.​

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Bass Clef

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A clef used in sheet music for notes lower in pitch than middle C.​

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Crescendo

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Italian word for “getting louder”.​

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Diminuendo

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Italian word for “getting quieter”.​

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Accelerando

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Italian word for “getting faster”.​

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Ritenuto

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Italian word for “slowing down”.​

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Binary Form

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A piece of music with two contrasting sections, often called A and B.

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Major Keys

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Music is usually either major or minor. Music in a major key is based around major scales and tends to sound happier.​

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Primary Triads

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The three most commonly used chords in any given key.

In C Major these are C, F and G. They are also known as chords I, IV and V (or 1, 4 and 5).​

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Mash-up

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A piece of music created electronically (using software such as Audacity) where different pieces are cut and pasted together.​

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Remix

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An arrangement or new version of an existing song or piece of music, created using technology.

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Time Signature

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The numbers at the beginning of a piece music that tell us how many beats there are in a bar.​

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Simple Time Signatures

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A time signature where the main beats in the bar are usually either crochets or minims and can be divided by two.​

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Sequence

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A melodic pattern which repeats either up or down in pitch from the original.​

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Mezzo-Forte

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Italian word for “medium-loud” (shortened to mf).​

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Mezzo-Piano

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Italian word for “medium-quiet” (shortened to mp).​

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Andante

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Italian word for “at a walking pace”

(tempo of the music).​

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Moderato

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Italian word for “medium”

(tempo of the music).​

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Ternary Form

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A piece of music with three sections, where the first one repeats at the end (labelled A B A1).​

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Melody and Accompaniment

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A type of texture where there is a clear melody (tune) with distinct accompaniment (the music in the background: the ‘backing’).​

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Minor Keys

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Music is usually either major or minor. Music in a minor key is based around minor scales and tends to sound sad.​

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Secondary Triads

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Minor chords ii and vi, which make a chord sequence more interesting than just using chords I, IV & V.

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Multi-tracking

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The process of recoding more than one track on top of each other so they play back simultaneously.

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Mixing

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In music technology; the producer controls the dynamic levels (volume) of each track to get an even mix.