Strophic - A song which is structured verse and chorus, Binary - A form in which the music is made out of two sections A and B, Ternary - A form in which the music is made out of three sections ABA, Rondo - A form where the first section (A) keeps returning in between different sections B,C etc , Alberti Bass - Broken chords played by the left hand - 1,5,3,1,5,3,5, Walking Bass - A bassline often featured in a variety of jazz styles. It goes for a walk, up and down a pattern of notes, Ground Bass - Repeated bassline , Homophonic - A texture where you hear the melody with accompaniment where all the parts move at the sametime, Polyphonic - Texture which consists of two or more melodic lines which weave independently of each other , Contrapuntal - Texture in which each two or more melodic lines weave independently of each other featuring imitation. Similar meaning to polyphony, Coda - The ending of a piece of music, Imitation - Where the melody in immediately copied in another part, Cadenza - Showy off passage in a concerto performed by a soloist, Theme and Variations - The structure of a piece where the melody is heard then returns several times with a variation, Middle 8 - In popular music, a section which provides a contrast to the opening section. It is often 8 bars long, Canon - Strict imitation. Once one part starts to play or sing a melody, another part enters shortly afterwards, Ostinato/Riff - Repeated pattern of music, Harmony - Everyone singing the same notes, Unison - Everyone singing different notes,

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