The cards Question What is a melody? Tap to flip Answer The tune, usually the most memorable feature in a piece of music. Question What is conjunct movement in a melody? Tap to flip Answer Movement between notes by small intervals (steps). Question In a melody, what is a phrase? Tap to flip Answer A short section of a melody, often lasting 1, 2 or 4 bars. Question What is the tonic of a key? Tap to flip Answer The 'home' note of the key, and the note the key is named after. Question What is the tonic note in C major? Tap to flip Answer C. Question Effective melodies balance repetition with what? Tap to flip Answer Contrast. Question Which note can a melody use halfway through to sound unfinished? Tap to flip Answer The dominant (fifth). Question Which note can a melody end on to sound finished? Tap to flip Answer The tonic. Question Is using new ideas in every bar the best way to compose a melody? Tap to flip Answer No. A balance of repetition and variety is usually more successful, as it helps the melody become memorable. Question In a melody, what is a motif? Tap to flip Answer A short, memorable part of a melody that is used multiple times. Question What do repeated motifs give a melody? Tap to flip Answer A sense of coherence and unity. Question In music, what is coherence? Tap to flip Answer When the parts of a piece sound like they belong together. Question Must a motif be repeated exactly every time? Tap to flip Answer No, but it needs to sound familiar to the listener. Question In a melody, what is a sequence? Tap to flip Answer A melodic idea repeated in steps, either rising or falling. Question What is a sequence an effective melodic device for? Tap to flip Answer Extending a melody. Question Must a melody feature a motif? Tap to flip Answer No. Great melodies do not have to use motifs, though motifs help learners balance repetition and contrast. Question What is a chord sequence? Tap to flip Answer A pattern of chords that forms the harmony in a composition. Question Which chords in a key are the primary chords? Tap to flip Answer Chords I, IV and V. Question Which chords in a key are the secondary chords? Tap to flip Answer Chords ii, iii and vi. Question In C major, what is the tonic chord? Tap to flip Answer A C major chord (chord I). Question What helps anchor a chord sequence in a key? Tap to flip Answer Starting on chord I (tonic) and using mostly primary chords. Question How should a learner composer use secondary chords? Tap to flip Answer Sparingly: they add interest, but should not be overused. Question What is a perfect cadence? Tap to flip Answer A chord sequence ending with chord V then I, creating a finished feeling. Question What is an imperfect cadence? Tap to flip Answer A chord sequence or section ending on chord V, creating an unfinished feeling. Question In an 8-bar chord sequence, in which bar can an imperfect cadence make the music sound unfinished? Tap to flip Answer Bar 4, the middle of the sequence. Question What is a chord inversion? Tap to flip Answer When the notes of a chord are reordered so that the root is not the lowest note. Question What is a triad? Tap to flip Answer A standard 3-note chord, with notes a third apart. Question What is the root note of a triad? Tap to flip Answer The bottom note of the triad and the note the chord is named after. Question What is a chord in root position? Tap to flip Answer A chord in which the root note is the lowest note. Question What is a broken chord? Tap to flip Answer A chord whose notes are not all played at the same time. Question What kind of chord, with all its notes played together, is the contrast to a broken chord? Tap to flip Answer A block chord. Question What can broken chords add to a chord sequence? Tap to flip Answer Rhythmic interest. Question Give one benefit of using chord inversions in a chord sequence. Tap to flip Answer For example, they can make it easier to play or sound more melodic, without changing the harmony. Question Why can it help to start and finish a chord sequence with a root position chord? Tap to flip Answer It helps to reinforce the key. Question What is a chord tone? Tap to flip Answer Any note included in a chord, e.g. C, E and G in a C chord. Question What is a passing note? Tap to flip Answer A non-chord tone that links two chord tones by step. Question What should form the basis of a melody written over a chord sequence? Tap to flip Answer Chord tones. Question How do passing notes make a melody sound more 'melodic'? Tap to flip Answer By creating conjunct movement. Question Must a melody be completely conjunct? Tap to flip Answer No. Great melodies often use disjunct movement, though mostly conjunct movement helps learners' melodies sound melodic. Where this deck sits in the curriculum Curriculum National Curriculum for England Stage GCSE (Years 10–11) Course GCSE Music Unit Fundamentals of composition Exam boards AQA, Edexcel, Eduqas, OCR England's National Curriculum sets what is taught; the units and their order are Oak National Academy's. Flash Feed is not affiliated with Oak or any exam board.
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