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National 3 Music Concepts

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Accented
Notes which sound louder than others
Accompanied
Other instrument(s) or voice(s) supports the main melody
Accordion
An instrument with a keyboard played with the right hand and buttons (which play chords) pressed by the left hand.
Acoustic Guitar
A stringed instrument that is played by plucking or strumming the strings with fingers, or using a plectrum.
Adagio
A slow tempo (speed).
Allegro
A fast tempo (speed).
Answer
A short musical phrase that follows on from a 'question' phrase.
Ascending
Notes that rise in pitch.
Bagpipes
A musical instrument having a flexible bag inflated either by a tube with valves or by bellows, a double-reed melody pipe, and from one to four drone pipes.
Beat
The basic pulse you hear in music.
Blowing
The sound produced by blowing into or across the mouthpiece of the instrument, eg brass, woodwind and recorders
Blues
Music that started as Black American folk music, developing from spirituals and work songs.
Bowing
The sound produced by drawing the bow across the strings of a stringed instrument, eg violin or cello
Brass
A family of instruments made from metal with a mouthpiece, eg trumpet and euphonium
Choir
A group of singers who perform together
Chord
Two or more notes sounding together
Crescendo
The music gradually becomes louder.
Crotchet
A note that lasts for 1 beat.
Descending
Notes that fall in pitch.
Diminuendo
The music gradually becomes quieter
Discord
A chord in which certain notes clash. In the 20th century, many composers used this in their music.
Dotted Minim
A note that last for 3 beats
Drum fill
A rhythmic decoration played on a drum kit.
Drumkit
A set of drums and cymbals often used in rock music and pop music
Electric Guitar
A guitar which requires an electric amplifier to produce sound
Faster
The tempo (speed) increases.
Fiddle
Another name for the violin, used in Scottish folk music
Folk Group
A group of two or more musicians who perform music in a traditional style, usually accompanied by guitars.
Forte (f)
Loud volume.
Harmony
The sound of two or more notes made at the same time
Improvisation
The performer makes up music during the actual performance
Jazz
At first this was music created by black Americans in the early 20th century.
Latin American Music
Dance music from South America
Leap/Leaping
Jumping between notes which are not next to each other
Legato
The notes are played or sung smoothly.
Lines and Spaces of the Treble Clef
The system for writing music uses five lines, each with a different letter name
March
Music with a strong steady pulse with two or four beats in a bar.
Minim
A note that lasts for 2 beats.
Musical
A musical play which has speaking, singing and dancing and is performed on a stage.
Octave
The distance of 8 notes eg from C up to C.
Off the Beat
Notes played on the weaker beats, eg beats 2 and 4 in a 4/4 bar
On the Beat
Notes played on the stronger beats, eg beats 1 and 3 in a 4/4 bar.
Orchestra
An ensemble of instruments in four different families: strings, woodwind, brass and percussion.
Organ
A keyboard instrument usually found in churches. It usually has more than one keyboard, plus pedals that are played with the feet.
Ostinato
A short musical pattern repeated many times
Pause
A note or rest that is held longer than written
Percussion
Instruments that are played by hitting, striking, shaking or scraping
PIano (p) (dynamics)
Quiet volume
Piano (instrument)
A keyboard instrument which produces sounds by hammers hitting strings
Plucking
Sound made when you pluck the strings of a stringed instrument with a finger or fingers.
Pop
A style of popular music played by a group of musicians.
Pulse
The basic beat in music.
Question
An opening phrase which is often followed by an answer
Reel
A Scottish dance written in simple time with two or four beats in a bar
Repetition
An exact repeat of a musical idea.
Riff
A repeated phrase usually found in jazz and popular music
Rock
A style of popular music with a heavy, driving beat. Usually features electric guitar, bass guitar and drum kit.
Rock 'n' Roll
1950s American music which grew from the combined styles of jazz, blues, gospel and country.
Round
Each part sings or plays the same melody, entering one after the other. When they reach the end they start again
Scottish
Music of Scotland.
Scottish Dance Band
A band which plays Scottish music for people to dance to
Semibreve
A note that lasts for four beats
Sequence
A melodic phrase which is immediately repeated at a higher or lower pitch
Slower
The tempo (speed) decreases
Solo
One instrument or voice
Staccato
The notes are short and detached.
Steel Band
A West Indian band whose instruments are made out of oil drums called pans. The top of each drum is hammered into panels to make different pitches
Step[/Stepwise
Moving up or down between notes which are next to each other
Striking
The sound is produced by hitting the instrument.
Strings
The family of instruments that includes the Violin, Viola, Cello, Double Bass and Harp
Strumming
A finger, fingers or plectrum are drawn across the strings of an instrument, usually guitar.
Unaccompanied
There are no instruments playing in the background
Unison
Singing or playing the same notes at the same time
Voice
The human instrument used to speak or sing
Waltz
A dance with three beats in a bar in simple time
Woodwind
Instruments which produce sounds by blowing across a hole, against an edge or through a single or double reed, eg flute, clarinet, saxophone, oboe and bassoon. They need not be made of wood.
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