Level 3 - Pitch

Chords

Diminished Chord in C is where the third and the fifth note are both lowered half a step to Eb and Gb.

Augmented Chord in C is where the fifth note is raised a half step to G#.

Jazz Chords

Canon - A canon is like a round where a melody is repeated by other parts starting at different times. Here is an example of Pachabel's Canon

Register - is the range of a notes as either high or low. Instruments have limited ranges because of how they are made.

Atonal - Not written in any key or tonal centre.

Non-Western tonality

Raga -  colours, flavours -their scales or modes are based on how its played and the use of microtones in the pitch of their instruments. A microtone is an interval smaller than a semitone.

Arabic Scales  - is a  double harmonic scale which sounds like a scale with' gaps' in it.

Listen to this example where the performer bases his improvisations on anArabic scale.

Tone Cluster - a is a chord with a least three adjacent tones in a scale.

Types of Modulation - modulation is changing from one key to another. eg.

Relative Minor

Dominant (5th)

Cycle of Fifths - is a harmonic progression which is based on chords a fifth apart.

Sequence - is when a melody or motif is repeated higher or lower in pitch. The main theme of Beethoven's No 5 Symphony is a great example of this:

Ornamentation - decorations in music 

Improvisation - music that is created without preparation.

Counter melody - is a secondary melody that plays at the same time as a main melody.

Call & Response - is when the 1st phrase of a melody is repeated as a direct response by another instrument or singer..