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Year 9 : Area of Study 1 – Western Classical Tradition (1650 – 1910) The following words all relate to the GCSE Area of Study given above. They all relate to tonality. Find definitions and musical examples for each, giving a link to youtube, spotify or wherever you stream from. Keep these as you will need them in September.

Word Meaning Link to example (where appropriate) Binary A structure of a piece of music which is divided into 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1gGxpitLO8 different sections. There is an A section followed by a B Anna Magdalene Notebook, Minuet in G by JS Bach section in a different key (both sections are usually repeated). Ternary A compositional form which consists of three major https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foacRsak3cQ sections, an A section which states the thematic Alla hornpipe from Handel’s Water Music material, a B section which presents a contrasting theme, and a final A section which restates the opening thematic material. Also, a three-part song-form, in which the third part is an exact or modified repetition of the first. A in which a certain section returns https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQjVs1Q4H5Y repeatedly, interspersed with other sections: ABACA is a Rondo from Mozart’s 4th Horn typical structure in which "A" is the recurrent section. Arch- This form is completely symmetrical. The plan of the https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajaMdRv0IK0 music resembles an arch; A, B, C, B, A Samuel Barber’s Adagio for Strings shape Through- Song form that is composed from beginning to end https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juNxRYBWB9g without repetitions of any major sections; each verse Schubert’s Erlking composed having its own, unique Theme A style of composition that first presents a basic theme https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NO-ecxHEPqI and then develops and alters that theme in successive Mozart: Ah! Vous dirai-je maman (otherwise known as Twinkle Twinkle and statements. Little Star) Variations A 3 part form containing exposition, followed by https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySMPD9RlgsA&list=RDySMPD9RlgsA&index=1 development, and recapitulation Mozart: Minuet An A-B-A form (A = minuet; B = trio) in a moderate triple https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fYO5NvW1eM meter that is often the third movement of the Classical Mozart: Eine kleine nachtmusik and cycle. A standard movement type introduced as a replacement https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7bxq2IEwg4 • Scherzo for the Minuet and Trio in the . Dvorak - op.100 - Scherzo e Trio and Trio • Call and Performance style originally with a singing leader who is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=250MMq0fTrU Minnie the moocher (Cab Calloway in the Blues Brothers) Response imitated by a chorus of followers; later crossed over into instrumental music • Ground A bass part that recurs over and over while the melody https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bf92jTgicGg Bass and voices over it change and vary continuously. It was Purcell: Dido and Aeneas– "Thy Hand, Belinda...When I Am Laid in Earth" developed in England in the 16th century, and was used Ground bass from bar 9 extensively in the Baroque era. • Continuo Describes a type of accompaniment prevalent in the https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWcbOdKBkso 17th and early 18th-centures, usually played on a JS Bach - BWV 1026: Fugue in G Minor for Violin & Continuo keyboard instrument. the player worked out the correct harmonies from the bass notes • Cadenza In a concerto, a brilliant, unaccompanied solo section, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVvUAH1UUiY once improvised by the player, now more often already Mozart - 1st movement cadenza composed. It enlarges on the themes set forth in the work and exhibits the player's technique.

Suggested websites Wikipedia GCSE Bitesize http://www.classicalworks.com/html/glossary.html

https://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/musical-terms/

https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/ - you will need access to a library card to use this

https://musicterms.artopium.com/index.htm