Music Theory AP Music Flashcards

6950424559	Passing tone	Approached by step and then continues by step in the same direction	0
6950424560	Neighboring tone	Approached by step and then returns by step to the original note	1
6950424561	Accented neighboring tone	A neighbor tone that occurs within the second chord	2
6950424562	Anticipation	Approached by step and then remains the same	3
6950424563	Escape tone	Approached by step in them skips in the opposite direction	4
6950424564	Appoggiatura	Approached by skip and then steps in the opposite direction	5
6950424565	Suspension	Keeps a note the same and then steps downward	6
6950424566	Retardation	Keeps a note the same and then steps upward	7
6950424567	Changing tones	To non-harmonic times in succession like a double neighbor tone or neighbor group	8
6950424568	Perfect authentic cadence	Goes from V to I, root position, highest note of the I chord must be the root	9
6950424569	Imperfect authentic cadence	Goes from diminished vii to I, the V chord is inverted, OR the highest note of the I chord is not the root	10
6950424570	Deceptive cadence	Goes from V chord to any chord besides a I chord	11
6950424571	Half cadence	Goes from any chord to a V	12
6950424572	Major scale circle progressions	I> IV> vii dim> iii> vi> ii> V> I	13
6950424573	Minor scale circle progressions	i> iv> VII> III> VI> ii dim> v> i	14
6950424574	Motive	A short melody	15
6950424575	Theme	A long motif	16
6950424576	Antecedent	Question	17
6950424577	Consequent	Answer	18
6950424578	Period	Antecedent and consequent together	19
6950424579	Parallel period	Similar periods	20
6950424580	Contrasting period	More different periods	21
6950424581	Double period	The question is doubled and answer is doubled	22
6950424582	Retrograde	Backwards	23
6950424583	Elision (phase elision)	2 phrases are connected (overlap)	24
6950424584	Fragmentation	Segmenting the phrase	25
6950424585	Internal expansion	Make the inside of phrase larger but beginning and end are same	26
6950424586	Motivic transformation	Rhythmic alteration	27
6950424587	Thematic transformation	Any change	28
6950424588	Truncation	Cutting off	29
6950424589	Diatonic	In the key (major or minor scale)	30
6950424590	Chromatic	Using accidentals, notes not in key	31
6950424591	Picardy third	Minor piece with the last chord in major	32
6950424592	Resolution	Moving to a pleasant sound	33
6950424593	Common practice style	From Bach to Brahams	34
6950424594	Rondo	Aaaba Bcdcc A; ABA; ABACA; ABACABA	35
6950424595	Cadential extension	Delaying the cadence by adding material	36
6950424596	Coda	An ending (any length)	37
6950424597	Codetta	A small coda (end of sonata, perfect cadence at end)	38
6950424598	Stanza	Same music, different lyrics	39
6950424599	Strophic	AAA (same music each verse)	40
6950424600	Refrain or chorus	Repeated section (same lyrics)	41
6950424601	Verse	New lyrics each time	42
6950424602	Bridge	A contrasting section to the verse or chorus	43
6950424603	Turnaround	A chord progression that brings you back to the beginning (M6, m2, 5, 1)	44
6950424604	Song form	AABA	45
6950424605	Twelve-bar blues	I, I, I, I, IV, IV, I, I, V, IV, I, I	46
6950424606	Lead sheet	A piece of music with chords, lyrics, and melody	47
6950424607	Rhythm section	Piano, bass, drums,sometimes guitar	48
6950424608	Binary	AABB	49
6950424609	Rounded binary	ABA with B being similar to A	50
6950424610	Ternary	ABA with B contrasting A	51
6950424611	Through-composed	No repeats	52
6950424612	Theme & vaiation	Each new statement of the theme is a little varied	53
6950424613	Phrygian half	In a minor key, goes from iv^6 to V	54
6950424614	Conclusive cadence	Anything going to I (major or minor)	55
6950424615	Inconclusive cadence	Anything not going to I	56
6950424616	Predominant function	Whatever chord comes before V (resolves)	57
6950424617	Circle of fifths	A chord progression moving down a fifth each time	58
6950424618	Retrogression	A chord progression moving further than I on a circle of fifths	59
6950424619	Deceptive progression		60