Soprano - Higher Female Voice, Alto - Lower Female Voice, Tenor - Higher Male Voice, Bass - Lower Male Voice, Anacrusis (rhythmic feature) - An upbeat where the music starts before bar 1, Chromatic scale (melodic feature) - Using all 12 notes of the scale (all black and white notes of the piano), Homophonic Texture - One melody line with accompaniment, Monophonic Texture - One melody line no accompaniment, Polyphonic Texture - Interweaving melodies, Range (melodic feature) - The difference between the highest and lowest note, Leap movement (melodic feature) - The notes of the melody move up or down by more than one note, Step movement (melodic feature) - The notes of the melody move to the note beside it, Triadic movement (melodic feature) - Playing the notes d/m/s/d', Octave leap (melodic feature) - Jumping 8 notes, Polyrhythm (rhythmic feature) - More than one rhythm, Free rhythm (rhythmic feature) - No strict beat (cant tap your foot to the beat), Strict rhythm (rhythmic feature) - Steady pulse to the rhythm (you can tap your foot to the beat), Repeated notes (melodic feature) - The note is repeated, Repeated rhythms (rhythmic feature) - The rhythm is repeated, Sustained notes (melodic feature) - Long held notes, Time signature (rhythmic feature) - Tells us how many beats are in a bar, Triplet (rhythmic feature) - Three notes in the time of two, Ascending melody (melodic feature) - The melody moves up, Descending melody (melodic feature) - The melody moves down, Sequence (melodic feature) - An idea repeated either up or down a note, Ornamentation (melodic feature) - Decoration on a note, Syncopation (rhythmic feature) - Off the beat rhythm, Rhythmic ostinato (rhythmic feature) - A rhythmic idea that is repeated over and over, Melodic ostinato (melodic feature) - Melodic idea that is repeated over and over, Interval (melodic feature) - The distance between two notes,

Rhythmic & Melodic Features & Texture

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