Viewforth High School

Music Concepts Checklist Place a tick in the relevant box when you have been taught and understand the concept

NATIONAL 3 Texture/ Styles √ Melody/Harmony √ Rhythm/Tempo √ Structure/Form √ Timbre/Dynamics √

Blues Ascending Accent/accented Unison/Octave Striking (hitting)

Jazz Descending Beat/Pulse Harmony/Chord Blowing

Rock Step (stepwise) Bar; 2, 3, 4 beats Solo Bowing

Pop Leap (Leaping) On the beat Accompanied Strumming

Rock 'n' Roll Repetition Off the beat Unaccompanied Plucking

Orchestra; Strings, Woodwind, Brass, Musical Sequence Repetition Repetition Percussion

Scottish Question & Answer Slower Ostinato/Riff Accordion

Latin American Improvisation Faster Round Fiddle

Chord Pause Bagpipes

Discord March Acoustic Guitar

Chord Change Reel Electric Guitar

Waltz Piano

Drum Fill Organ

Adagio Drum Kit

Allegro Steel Band

Scottish Dance Band

Folk Group

Choir/Voices

Staccato

Legato Music Literacy

Treble clef - Crotchet f - forte

- Lines Minim p - piano

- Spaces Dotted Minim < cresc - crescendo

Steps Semibreve > dim - diminuendo

Repetition Bar lines

Double Bar lines Music Concepts Checklist NATIONAL 4

Texture/ Styles √ Melody/Harmony √ Rhythm/Tempo √ Structure/Form √ Timbre/Dynamics √

Baroque Major/Minor Syncopation Canon Brass Band

Ragtime Drone Scotch Snap Ternary - ABA Wind Band

Romantic Broken Chord/Arpeggio Strathspey Verse & Chorus Violin, Cello, Double Bass, Harp

Flute, Clarinet, Saxophone, pan pipes, Swing Chord progression - Jig Middle 8 recorder

Concerto - chords I, IV, V Simple time - Theme & Variation Trumpet, Trombone

Timpani, snare/bass drum, cymbals, Opera Change of Key 2 3 4 Cadenza triangle, guiro, xylophone, glockenspiel

Scots Ballad Pedal 4 4 4 Imitation Harpsichord

Mouth Music Scale Compound Time Bass Guitar

Reggae Pentatonic Scale Anacrusis Distortion

African music Octave Andante Muted

Rapping Vamp Accelerando Soprano, Alto, Tenor Bass

Scat Singing Rallentando Backing Vocals

Ornament A Tempo

Dotted Rhythms Music Literacy

Treble clef stave C - A' Semi Quavers mf - mezzo forte

Sequences Grouped Semi Quavers mp - mezzo piano

Paired Quavers

Repeat Signs

Music Concepts Checklist NATIONAL 5 Texture/ Styles √ Melody/Harmony √ Rhythm/Tempo √ Structure/Form √ Timbre/Dynamics √ Symphony Atonal Rubato Strophic Piccolo, Oboe, Bassoon

Gospel Cluster Ritardando Binary - AB French horn, Tuba

Classical Chord progression - Moderato Rondo Viola

Pibroch - chords I, IV, V, vi Cross Rhythms Episode Castanets, hi-hat, bongo drums

Celtic Rock Perfect/Imperfect Cadence Compound time - Alberti Bass Clarsach, bodhran

Bothy Ballad Inverted Pedal 6 9 12 Walking Bass Sitar, tabla

Waulking Song Chromatic 8 8 8 Ground Bass Arco, Pizzicato

Gaelic Psalm Whole Tone Scale Homophonic Con Sordino

Aria Grade Note Polyphonic Flutter Tonguing

Chorus Glissando Contrapuntal Rolls

Minimalist Modulation Coda Reverb

Indian Contrary Motion Mezzo Soprano

Trill Baritone

Syllabic A Capella

Melismatic

Countermelody

Descant (Voice)

Pitch Bend

Tone/Semitone Music Literacy

Accidentals; Flats, Sharps, Naturals Dotted Rhythms ff- fortissimo

Scales & Key signatures - Dotted Crotchet pp - pianissimo

- C Major Dotted Quaver sfz - sforzando

- G Major Scotch Snap

- F Major 1st & 2nd Time bars

- A Minor Chords; C Major, G Major, F Major, A Minor

Music Concepts Checklist HIGHER Texture/ Styles Melody/Harmony Rhythm/Tempo Structure/Form Timbre/Dynamics Sonata Mode/modal 3 against 2 Through Composed Tremolando Oratorio Relative major/minor Time changes Da Capo Aria Harmonics Impressionist Interval Irregular time signatures Lied Coloratura Musique Concrete Obbligato(Instrumental) Augmentation Passacaglia Ripieno Plainchant Acciaccatura Diminution Concerto Grosso - Concertino Mass Mordent - ritornello String Quartet String Quartet Plagal Candece Sonata Form - Recitative Interrupted Cadence - Exposition Chamber Music Tierce de Picardie Subject Jazz Funk Dominant 7th Basso Continuo Soul Dininished 7th Ritornello Added 6th Harmonic Minor Scale Melodic Minor Scale Music Literacy Bass Clef: E - C 6 8 time Slurs Note Naming Quavers Accents Transposing into Bass Clef Crotchets Staccato marks Chords: I, IV, V, vi in Dotted crotchets Phrase marks major and minor keys Dotted minims Diminished Triplets Dominant Rests - - Quaver - Crotchet - Dotted Crotchet - Minim - Semibreve Da Capo dc