Fugue: a contrapuntal composition where a melody is introduced by one part and then played by others and made into

interweaving parts.

Riff: a short repeated phrase, often in pop/jazz music.

Sequence: the repetition of a motif passage at a higher or lower pitch in the same voice.

Auxiliary: a nonharmonic note between harmonic notes

Note of Anticipation: usually found before a cadence, it is a note that anticipates a note from the next chord.

Heliola: a rhythmic device where the metre feels like it changes between triple and duple metre: usually found where 2 measures of 3 beats feel like 3 measures of 2 beats.

Appoggiatura: a grace note which delays the next note, taking half (or more) of its written time value

Canon: a melody which is played or sung the same but starting at different times.

Cadential 6/4: use of the second inversion of triads. It is a second inversion tonic triad, followed by a root position dominant chord, which then usually resolves forming a cadence.

Fugato: in the style of a fugue, but not strictly in fugal form.

Ostinato: a repeated musical phrase/rhythm.

Round: the same melody sung beginning at different times by different voices, which fits harmoniously together and can continue to go round over and over again.

Harmony: the use of simultaneous pitches or chords. How music is made up of chords; their constructions, progressions and how they connect.

Passing note: a note not belonging to the harmony that connects pitches usually by a stepwise motion and normally on the weak beat of the bar.

Imitation: repetition of a phrase or melody often in variations in key, rhythm and voice.

Diatonic: music that involves notes only in the key without chromatic alteration.

Periodic phrasing:

Pedal note: a note sustained in one part (often the bass) through successive harmonies.