Music Theory AP Music Flashcards

6086436386	Passing tone	Approached by step and then continues by step in the same direction	0
6086436387	Neighboring tone	Approached by step and then returns by step to the original note	1
6086436388	Accented neighboring tone	A neighbor tone that occurs within the second chord	2
6086436389	Anticipation	Approached by step and then remains the same	3
6086436390	Escape tone	Approached by step in them skips in the opposite direction	4
6086436391	Appoggiatura	Approached by skip and then steps in the opposite direction	5
6086436392	Suspension	Keeps a note the same and then steps downward	6
6086436393	Retardation	Keeps a note the same and then steps upward	7
6086436394	Changing tones	To non-harmonic times in succession like a double neighbor tone or neighbor group	8
6086436395	Perfect authentic cadence	Goes from V to I, root position, highest note of the I chord must be the root	9
6086436396	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
6086436397	Deceptive cadence	Goes from V chord to any chord besides a I chord	11
6086436398	Half cadence	Goes from any chord to a V	12
6086436399	Major scale circle progressions	I> IV> vii dim> iii> vi> ii> V> I	13
6086436400	Minor scale circle progressions	i> iv> VII> III> VI> ii dim> v> i	14
6086436401	Motive	A short melody	15
6086436402	Theme	A long motif	16
6086436403	Antecedent	Question	17
6086436404	Consequent	Answer	18
6086436405	Period	Antecedent and consequent together	19
6086436406	Parallel period	Similar periods	20
6086436407	Contrasting period	More different periods	21
6086436408	Double period	The question is doubled and answer is doubled	22
6086436409	Retrograde	Backwards	23
6086436410	Elision (phase elision)	2 phrases are connected (overlap)	24
6086436411	Fragmentation	Segmenting the phrase	25
6086436412	Internal expansion	Make the inside of phrase larger but beginning and end are same	26
6086436413	Motivic transformation	Rhythmic alteration	27
6086436414	Thematic transformation	Any change	28
6086436415	Truncation	Cutting off	29
6086436416	Diatonic	In the key (major or minor scale)	30
6086436417	Chromatic	Using accidentals, notes not in key	31
6086436418	Picardy third	Minor piece with the last chord in major	32
6086436419	Resolution	Moving to a pleasant sound	33
6086436420	Common practice style	From Bach to Brahams	34
6086436421	Rondo	Aaaba Bcdcc A; ABA; ABACA; ABACABA	35
6086436422	Cadential extension	Delaying the cadence by adding material	36
6086436423	Coda	An ending (any length)	37
6086436424	Codetta	A small coda (end of sonata, perfect cadence at end)	38
6086436425	Stanza	Same music, different lyrics	39
6086436426	Strophic	AAA (same music each verse)	40
6086436427	Refrain or chorus	Repeated section (same lyrics)	41
6086436428	Verse	New lyrics each time	42
6086436429	Bridge	A contrasting section to the verse or chorus	43
6086436430	Turnaround	A chord progression that brings you back to the beginning (M6, m2, 5, 1)	44
6086436431	Song form	AABA	45
6086436432	Twelve-bar blues	I, I, I, I, IV, IV, I, I, V, IV, I, I	46
6086436433	Lead sheet	A piece of music with chords, lyrics, and melody	47
6086436434	Rhythm section	Piano, bass, drums,sometimes guitar	48
6086436435	Binary	AABB	49
6086436436	Rounded binary	ABA with B being similar to A	50
6086436437	Ternary	ABA with B contrasting A	51
6086436438	Through-composed	No repeats	52
6086436439	Theme & vaiation	Each new statement of the theme is a little varied	53
6086436440	Phrygian half	In a minor key, goes from iv^6 to V	54
6086436441	Conclusive cadence	Anything going to I (major or minor)	55
6086436442	Inconclusive cadence	Anything not going to I	56
6086436443	Predominant function	Whatever chord comes before V (resolves)	57
6086436444	Circle of fifths	A chord progression moving down a fifth each time	58
6086436445	Retrogression	A chord progression moving further than I on a circle of fifths	59
6086436446	Deceptive progression		60