Music Techniques

Define Canon

• a musical phrase repeated in a composition

• C D E F G A B C

• a staggered entrance of the same musical phrase

What is diatonic?

• the bass line

• a scale with eight notes in an octave

• same pitch, same rhythm, played at the same time

Define Bordun:

• same pitch, same rhythm, played at the same time

• same pitches, 1 and 5, repeated as a drone, the bass line

• staggered entrance of a musical phrase

Ostinato is (there are TWO correct answers - you need to get both correct):

• A musical figure that's repeated over and over again

• a musical phrase heard at least twice in a composition

• 1 and 5 repeated as a drone

What is contrary motion?

• A xylophone player moving in an upwards motion on the instrument.

• One xylophone player plays a melodic phrase going up and one xylophone player plays a melodic phrase going down, at the same time.

• A staggered entrance of the same musical phrase

What is unison?

• People playing at the same time.

• Same notes, different rhythms.

• Same pitch, same rhythm, played at the same time by two different instrumentalists.

What is the definition of Canon?

• Staggered entrance of two different musical phrases

• Staggered entrance of the same musical phrase

• Same pitch, same rhythm, played at the same time

What is the definition of contrary motion?

• Staggered entrance of a musical phrase

• two musical phrases being played at the same time in opposite directions

• 1 and 5 repeated as a drone