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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