Theme and Variations

Tempo

• The speed or rate of music

• How loud the music is

• How quiet the music is

• The notation of music

Pitch

• The speed of the music

• How happy or sad the music sounds

• Hi high or low the music is

• The music is gradually becoming quieter

Texture

• How high or low the music sounds

• How loud or quiet the music is

• The music is becoming dissonant (creepy)

• How thick or thin the music is

Theme

• The secondary melody heard after the 1st

• The main original melody

• The way a piece of music is written

• The harmony part of a piece of music

Sequence

• When a small idea is repeated and changed

• When a large idea is repeated and changed

• The name of a section of music

• The beginning of a piece of music

Dynamics

• How long or short the notes are

• How high or low the notes are

• How loud or quiet the music is

• How thick or thin the music is

Variation

• music the same throughout

• music based on the original theme but with a slight difference

• music with lots of notes in it

• music with only a few notes in it

Ostinato

• When a melody/bass line only plays once throughout the piece

• When music is only written in the treble clef

• When music is only written in the bass clef

• When a melody/bass line keeps repeating

Round

• Music played at different pitches

• The same piece of music/song beginning at different stages

• Different pieces of music/songs playing together at different stages

• Music played/sang in unison

Canon

• The same as a round

• Music played at different speeds

• A melody repeated in a different key signature

• Music played loudly immediately followed by quietly