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8th Grade Band Music Vocabulary (Comprehension of 6th and 7th Grade Band music vocabulary is also required.) Marking Period 1 Marking Period 3 chromatic – moving in half-step intervals divisi – a divided part; some players play the top notes while others play the bottom notes half-step – the smallest common interval interval – the distance between two notes melody – a succession of musical tones that represents the linear/horizontal elements of a musical composition phrase – A short portion of a melody which expresses a musical idea, comparable to a sentence or line of poetry. scale – a series of whole steps and half-steps written using the music alphabet whole step – an interval consisting of two consecutive half-steps arrangement – an adaptation of a piece of music; bands often play arrangements of pieces originally written for orchestra composition – the creation of music that can be performed later , usually through writtendown notation improvisation – spontaneous composition of music through playing or singing musical score – the written depiction of all the parts of a musical piece with the parts stacked vertically and rhythmically aligned orchestration – the choice of instruments used to play music transposition – taking a composition in one key and putting it in another Marking Period 2 Marking Period 4 arpeggio – notes of a chord sounded one after another chord – two or more notes sounded at the same time dominant – the fifth note of a scale (“SOL”) harmony – two or more notes played or sung at the same time leading tone – the seventh note of a scale (“TI”) octave – the 8th note above or below a given pitch; it is the same letter of the music alphabet subdominant – the fourth note of a scale (“FA”) tonic – the first note of a scale (“DO”) binary form – music with two different sections concerto – a piece for a soloist and orchestra ternary form – music with three sections; usually Section A, flowed by a contrasting Section B, then Section A again theme and variations – a type of musical form in which a main melody (theme) is followed by different version of the theme (variations) trio – the third theme in a march; typically a contrasting section suite – a collection of short musical pieces unified by a common element symphony – a composition for large orchestra, usually in four movements