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MEdium What are the forces making the music? Instruments? Voices? Group names (SATB Choir; Orchestra; Concert Band; Rock Band?) MElody What is the shape of the melody? Jumpy (disjunct)? By step (conjunct)? Range? Phrasing? Repetitions? Canon? Texture? Call and Response? Polyphonic? Monophonic? Homophonic? HArmony Major/minor key? Tonal? Consonant/Dissonant? Dominant chords? Surprise cadence? MEter What is the time signature? Does it change? Simple (x2) or compound (x3)?Any syncopation? FOrm How are the melodies put together? Binary/Ternary/Rondo/Sonata? Repetitions? Patterns? Melodic form vs. overall form? STYle Descriptive words. Jazz? World Music? Pop? Classical? COntext Background information. Time period? Intention of the piece? Where is it from? Function of the piece? Vocabulary Range (melody): distance between lowest and highest notes. Can be described as “big” (8 notes (octave) or more) or “small” (less than an octave) Phrase: a complete musical idea with a beginning and end. Usually between 4-8 measures. Texture: how the different melodies are put together. Can be described as “thick” (lots of notes on top of each other) or “thin” (unison (all doing the same thing) or solo line. Monophonic: unison – all forces playing or singing the same pitch/note at the same time Homophonic: chordal. All parts moving at the same time, but on different pitches. Polyphonic: each part having its own line of music; independent melodies. Key: the name of the scale that is being used for the basis of a song. Can be Major (happy) or minor (sad). This can change throughout a piece. Consonant: notes that sound “good” together; notes that don’t clash with each other. Dissonant: notes that sound “bad” together; notes that clash with each other. Cadence: an ending to a phrase or a song; consists of 2 chords, one right after another. Time Signature: tells you how to count throughout a piece. Examples are 4/4, 3/4, 6/8. Most music is in either 4/4 (4 beats every bar) or 3/4 (3 beats every bar) time. Syncopation: when there are accented off beats. Usually strong beats happen on 1; if something is syncopated, then the strong beat might be on 2, or even 1 ½ ! Form: how the melodies of a song are put together in repeated patterns. Examples include; Binary Form: A – B (two melodies, one after another) Ternary Form: A – B – A (two melodies, one after another, then repeat the first melody) Canon: one group starts, then the others follow with the same melody. Context: The situation in which a piece of music was written.