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Includes definitions for melodic movement (conjunct, disjunct, scalic, chromatic), pitch relationships (intervals, range, octave, semitone and microtone), and compositional techniques (imitation, repetition, contrast, leitmotif, motifs, countermelody). Explains harmonic concepts such as chord types, cadences, progression, harmonic rhythm, dissonance and power chords, then extends to key systems including major/minor, pentatonic, modal, atonal writing and modulation. Also outlines structures like binary, ternary, rondo, minuet and trio, theme and variations, strophic form, and song frameworks.","GCSE Music – Key Word Glossary  \nMelody  \n\n| Anacrusis | A note (or notes) that come before the first strong beat in a passage of music. Sometimes called the ‘up-beat’ or ‘pick-up’ |\n| --- | --- |\n| Conjunct | Stepwise movement in a melodic line, i.e. scalic. |\n| Disjunct | Angular musical movement that moves in leaps or contains intervals |\n| Arpeggio/broken chord | When the notes of a chord are played separately and in succession, either ascending or descending |\n| Scalic | When the musical line moves in steps, just like a scale (i.e. conjunct movement) |\n| Low pitch | The lower sounding notes, i.e. bass clef |\n| High pitch | The higher sounding notes, i.e. treble clef |\n| Range | Refers to the span of pitches on an instrument or in a piece of music, ranging from lowest sounding to the highest sounding |\n| Sequence | Repetition of a melodic or harmonic phrase in the same part, but at a higher or lower pitch |\n| Imitation | A contrapuntal device, when a melodic idea (already stated in one part) is copied in another, while the first tine continues. It may only use the first few notes of the original idea |\n| Repetition | When sounds, sequences, melodies, rhythms or sections are repeated |\n| Contrast | When there is a difference in the music (e.g. melodic contrast, rhythmic contrast, harmonic contrast) |\n| Leitmotif | A musical idea associated with a person, place, object, feeling or idea |\n| Motif | A short music idea, melodic or rhythmic |\n| Interval | The distance between any two notes |\n| Inversion | Turning a melodic idea or interval upside down |\n| Octave | The distance from one note to the next note with the same letter name |\n| Semitone | The smallest interval between two notes (on a piano, the two notes immediately next door to each other, whether black or white, e.g. C to C\\#) |\n| Microtone | An interval smaller than a semitone |\n| Chromatic movement | When the melodic movement is in semitones, like part of the chromatic scale |\n| Pentatonic | A five-note scale, commonly used in folk music and found in music all around the world |\n| Blue notes | The flattened notes in a blues scale |\n| Trill/ornamentation/ decoration | Decorate or embellish the music: can often make it sound‘fussier’. Popular examples of ornaments are trills, mordentsand turns. |\n\n\n| Countermelody | This is an extra melody played the same time as the main theme |\n| --- | --- |\n| Answering phrase | A second phrase of music, which ‘answers’ or balances out the first phrase of music. |\n| Thematic | The thematic material means the main musical idea – the important melody in a piece of music. |\n| Fanfare | Usually played on brass instruments, this is a loud call to attention, like an announcement. 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