AP Music Theory Terms Flashcards

4098952690	Anacrusis	Pickup note(s)	0
4098952691	Allegro	A fast tempo	1
4100730786	Cadence	A stylized close which divides the music into periods or brings it to a full conclusion.	2
4100730960	Cadential Extension	The prolongation (post-cadential extension) or delay (pre-cadential extension) of a cadence by the addition of material beyond (i.e. before or after) the point at which the cadence is expected. Codetta.	3
4100730961	Coda	The concluding passage of a piece or movement, typically forming an addition to the basic structure.	4
4100731343	Codetta	("little coda") A brief conclusion, a dominant-tonic cadence at the end of the exposition that may be repeated several times for emphasis.	5
4100731344	Contour	The pitch contour of a sound is a function or curve that tracks the perceived pitch of the sound over time.	6
4100732558	Countermelody	A subordinate melody accompanying a principal one	7
4100732559	Elision	The process where the last note of one phrase serves as the first note of the next.	8
4100733118	Fragment (fragmented motive)	The use of fragments or the division of a musical idea into segments.	9
4123436064	Diminution	A Renaissance and Baroque ornamentation which consists of the restatement of a melody in which the note values are shortened, usually by half.	10
4123454705	Disjunct	A melodic line that moves by leaps and skips rather than in steps.	11
4123456502	Truncation	Shortening of a musical phrase.	12
4123473987	Motive	A short tune or musical figure that characterizes and unifies a composition.	13
4123477712	Turnaround	In jazz, a turnaround is a passage at the end of a section which leads to the next section.	14
4123545635	Conclusive cadences	Authentic and plagal cadences.	15
4123548310	Deceptive cadence (DC)	A chord progression where the dominant chord is followed by a chord other than the tonic chord usually the sixth chord or superdominant chord or submediant chord (V-VI), but sometimes something else.	16
4123555146	Half cadence (HC)	A very common type of unstable or "progressive" cadence. The HC ends with the V chord, which can be preceded by any other chord.	17
4123555829	Phrygian half cadence	A special name given to the iv6 - V HC in minor.	18
4123557266	Inconclusive cadence	A cadence that makes a phrase sound incomplete, as though the music needs to continue further. Generally, either the soprano or the bass ends on a scale degree other than 1.	19
4123557267	Plagal cadence	A IV-I cadence often also called an amen, or church cadence.	20
4123620848	Arpeggiating 6/4	These are chords where the bass is arpeggiating the SAME triad.	21
4123643526	Cadential 6/4	This type of 6/4 chord behaves like an appogiatura - it falls on a stronger beat than the chord of resolution, and upper voices resolve downwards by step. It may be approached by a leap but is often approached by step in the bass. The cadential 6/4 chord is always a tonic six-four, and the resolution chord is always V or V7.	22
4123645491	Neighboring or pedal 6/4	In this type of 6/4 chord, the bass note sustains like a pedal tone, or conversely you might say that two of the upper voices behave like neighbor tones. With a pedal six-four, the bass stays on the same note for three chords in a row - the six-four chord is the middle chord of the three. The bass note is doubled in all three chords.	23
4123648037	Passing 6/4	This type of 6/4 chord is used much like the non-chord tone called a passing tone. The bass note of this six-four chord behaves just like a passing tone - in other words, this bass note, the note before it, and the note after it will make a three note stepwise line, either ascending or descending.	24
4123655410	Adagio	A slow tempo.	25
4123663452	Allegro	A fast tempo.	26
4123667232	Andante	A moderate, walking tempo.	27
4123670006	Andantino	A moderate tempo, slightly faster than andante.	28