Renaissance: group of instruments from the same family - Consort, German hymn tune sung by choir - Chorale, Latin polyphonic music sung by a small group - Motet, Choir singing a homophonic hymn in English - Anthem, Small group singing in English, Polyphonic - Madrigal, Small group singing in English, Polyphonic with "Fa la la la las" - Ballett, Renaissance dance with 2 beats in the bar - Pavan, Renaissance dance with 3 beats in the bar - Galliard, Soloist singing in English - Ayre, Main theme in a Fugue - Subject, Polyphonic composition based on imitation - Fugue, Alternate theme played after the main theme in a fugue - Counter-Subject, In a fugue, main theme played by a different instrument - Answer, Imitation of the subject in quick succession - Stretto, Rhythmic device where the music is written in 3/4 but sounds in 2/4 (vice versa) - Hemiola, Ornament: sounds like a leaning note - Appogiatura, Ornament: note- note above- note- note below- note - Turn, Incredibly high male voice - Countertenor, Chamber music: piano and 2 other instruments - Piano Trio, Modern composers writing in the style of classical composers with atonal harmonies - Neo-Classical, 2 or more keys played at the same time - Polytonal, Mathematical music composed using tone rows - Serialism, 12 notes of the chromatic scale organised into a random order - Tone Row, Music is played backwards - Retrograde, Intervals are flipped upside down - Inversion , German recitative in 20th century operas - Sprechgesang, Music which incorporates elements of folk music from a composer's country - Nationalist, Digitally created music created for dancing in clubs - EDM, Group of songs linked by a common theme - Song Cycle, Theme which represents a character, place, or idea - Lietmotiv, Modern jazz music using dissonant harmonies and polyrhythms - Contemporary Jazz, One note from a chord is held over into the next one - Suspension, Interval made up of 3 tones, sounds very dissonant - Tritone, Dialogue between instruments or voices - Antiphonal, A link between 2 themes - Bridge,

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